Tag: Piracy
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Reporter Has Front-Row Seat as Navy Rescues Iranian Ship from Pirates
If you read only one news article today, you must read the dramatic NY Times account of the U.S. Navy’s rescue of Iranians from Somali pirates. As luck would have it, a Pulitzer-prize winning reporter and photographer were embedded on one of the naval vessels. It’s hard to pick the best aspect of this story. […]
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Conservative Paper Debunks Claim That Obama Delayed Piracy Mission
Bill Gertz’s conservative credentials are pretty convincing. He is a star reporter for the conservative Washington Times, an analyst with Fox News, and the author of the 2008 book The Failure Factory: How Unelected Bureaucrats, Liberal Democrats, and Big Government Republicans Are Undermining America’s Security and Leading Us to War. Not a lefty. Here’s the […]
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Conservatives Should Support Obama When He Gets Something Right
Parts of the right-o-sphere are all aflutter, debating whether President Obama deserves any credit for the rescue of a maritime hero held by pirates. It’s a reminder that Obama Derangement Syndrome is no more appropriate than its more wide-spread predecessor, Bush Derangement Syndrome. In The Corner, Jonah Goldberg piped up promptly and congratulated the President […]
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“Easter SEALs” Rescue Captain, Kill Pirates; More to Come
Best possible ending: Three dead pirates, no good guys hurt, one hero captain survives after winning his crew’s freedom by offering himself as a hostage. On Easter Sunday, no less. (I wish I had thought of Easter SEALs!) Shades of United Airlines Flight 93, as the American crew apparently fought back and retook the Maersk […]