American hostage in Somalia rescued in overnight raid: Thank You Navy Seals/Obama

[DaGoose]

That you think Obama had anything to do with it is a joke.
As with any politician,it woldnt have happened if it was there ass on the line.

Obama had EVERYTHING to do with it.

Pick up a freakin constitution.

Bullshit....It doesn't take any guts to tell someone else to put there lives on the line.
ALL the credit goes to Seal Team Six. And it doesnt matter who's in office.

So what was Obama carrying a CAR 15? Or was it an ACR? Did he parachute in or fast rope?
Anyone who tries to give credit for the actions of a few brave men to a politician is a hack,and is taking away from the actions of the Seal Team members. I would challenge you to tell your thoughts to a member of the Seal Team who actually did something. I bet your view wouldnt be to well received.

You are fucking pathetic!!

I have no doubt that, like the GOP did with President Carter when he attempted the hostage rescue, you would have given President Obama 100% of the blame had it not been successful.

But also judging from your posts you're probably not old enough to remember Carter's presidency.

 

[candycorn]

4 threads on the same topic. Some posters really need to learn to 'search' before launching their 'yay obama' tirades.

The admiration for our Commander in Chief is overflowing and knows no boundaries. It's a force of nature!

 

[kidrocks]

Obama has had rare run of luck with elite SEAL operations


President Obama has forged a special connection with the elite Navy SEALs unit



WASHINGTON – President Obama has forged a special connection with the elite Navy SEALs unit responsible for some of the most prominent military operations of his presidency.

He met with the SEALs who killed Osama bin Laden last May, and the man who oversaw the operation, Adm. William McRaven, was a guest of first lady Michelle Obama at the State of the Union Address on Tuesday. The president hosted the cargo ship captain Richard Phillips, the Vermont man who was rescued by the SEALs in April 2009 from Somali pirates, at the White House after his release.

And just a couple of hours after he received confirmation that American Jessica Buchanan and Poul Hagen Thisted, a Dane, were rescued by SEALs from Somali pirates, Obama remarked during the State of the Union that one of his favorite possessions was an American flag the SEALs carried on the bin Laden mission.

"The SEALs are the elite of the elite, and it makes sense that he would latch on to them, because there's been success," says Edward Frantz, a presidential historian at the University of Indianapolis.

Obama hasn't been averse to the high-risk, high-reward operations that have led to some of his greatest national security successes. He has managed to roll the dice — and has succeeded — with the types of operations that have led to some of the biggest national security debacles of past presidencies.

Bill Clinton ordered Army Rangers and Delta Force troops into Mogadishu in 1993 to capture Somali warlord Mohammed Farah Aidid, an operation in which 19 U.S. soldiers were killed. Jimmy Carter ordered a failed 1980 mission to rescue U.S. hostages held in Iran; the collision of a helicopter and a transport aircraft killed eight troops and forced the operation to be abandoned. The Iran mission marked a low point in the Carter presidency.

"President Obama has shown himself to be willing to take risks with special operations forces — to a degree I don't think any other president has," said Bob Killibrew, a retired Army colonel who worked in special operations in Vietnam and is now an analyst at the Center for a New American Security, a defense policy think tank...

 

[old navy]

What the hell is wrong with you people?

By the way, SEAL is an acronym for Naval Special Warfare personnel.

A Seal is an animal.

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[High_Gravity]

Obama once again uses the military as a campaign tool.

Should Obama have weight until he was re-elected to send in help?