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<blockquote data-quote="soberups" data-source="post: 515510" data-attributes="member: 14668"><p>Actually, Obama gave them the green light to drop the hammer on the bad guys a couple of days ago. The authority was given to the commander on the scene to take whatever actions were needed to save the life of the hostage.</p><p> </p><p>They were able to get the pirates to agree to have the lifeboat hooked to the destroyer with a towline. This allowed them to bring the boat in closer and postion it in a calm spot in the destroyers wake.</p><p> </p><p>At that point, the SEALS just had to wait until they could take out all three pirates with simultaneous head shots, which itself is quite a feat to accomplish when firing from one moving boat onto another moving boat. </p><p> </p><p>Obviously a peaceful ending would have been preferable, but the bottom line here is that a bit of patience paid huge dividends. For his part, Obama did a great job of giving his people the authority and support they needed to take care of biz and then getting out of the way and letting the profesionals do what needed to be done instead of trying to policiticize and micromanage the situation from the opposite side of the globe.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="soberups, post: 515510, member: 14668"] Actually, Obama gave them the green light to drop the hammer on the bad guys a couple of days ago. The authority was given to the commander on the scene to take whatever actions were needed to save the life of the hostage. They were able to get the pirates to agree to have the lifeboat hooked to the destroyer with a towline. This allowed them to bring the boat in closer and postion it in a calm spot in the destroyers wake. At that point, the SEALS just had to wait until they could take out all three pirates with simultaneous head shots, which itself is quite a feat to accomplish when firing from one moving boat onto another moving boat. Obviously a peaceful ending would have been preferable, but the bottom line here is that a bit of patience paid huge dividends. For his part, Obama did a great job of giving his people the authority and support they needed to take care of biz and then getting out of the way and letting the profesionals do what needed to be done instead of trying to policiticize and micromanage the situation from the opposite side of the globe. [/QUOTE]
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