Posted by
MAXINE on Monday, April 13, 2009 4:13:27 PM
Crew members of the Maersk Alabama celebrated after
hearing that their captain, who had been held hostage by Somali pirates, had
been rescued. Image Credit: Roberto Schmidt/AFP — Getty Images
Somali Pirate Or Enemy Combatant – What’s The
Difference?
All this last week and Easter weekend, the world media
attention was affixed upon the events surrounding the assault, attempted
takeover, and kidnapping of a captain of an American flagged container ship.
The
leadership and action shown by our military that ended the internationally
illegal action and saved the container ship captain, Capt. Richard Phillips, was
exemplary.
While our President ducked questions from the media (and
diplomats from the State Department negotiated with Somali Klan Elders via
satellite phone) about the assault and kidnapping happening in the Indian Ocean
off of Somalia, the military was preparing for action, then acted under direct
orders from the on-scene commander.
President-elect Barack Obama at a press conference on
December 7, 2008. Image Credit: Scott Olson, Getty Images
This excerpted and edited from WXYZ-TV Detroit –
Obama declines to answer question on
piracy
wxyz.com - Last Update:
4/09 10:37 am
President Barack Obama has declined to answer a
question about the hostage situation off the coast of Somalia.
The
president was asked about the incident as he met with U.S. homeowners about
refinancing mortgages. At the close of a Roosevelt Room event, the president was
asked by a reporter if he were concerned about the piracy incident.
Obama
responded: "Guys, we're talking about housing right now."
Reporters were
then ushered out of the room as they usually are after such events.
Reference
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This is the new leader of the Free World and he can not
even address the terrorist and illegal acts of pirates on an American vessel. I
would have hated to see what President Barack Obama’s reaction to the bombing of
Pearl Harbor would have
been if he were in place on 7 December 1941.
Last March, the Obama
Administration decided to remove the term “Enemy Combatant” from the terminology
used by the American Government in dealing with people who committed acts of war
but were not controlled or governed by any organized country. A term was needed
after 11 September 2001, to deal with people who caused acts of war, mass
murder, and were not governed by an organized country after hijacked passenger
jets were flown into the World Trade Center Towers in New York and the Pentagon
in Washington D.C..
Why don’t we just call them Pirates?
Pirates
are not governed by any country, they terrorize, disrupt a culture, murder and
profit from their uncivilized and illegal acts just as “Enemy Combatants” and
the international laws of piracy are clear and the punishment is harsh … first
offense can get one life in prison!
We suggest that we call “Enemy
Combatants” (EC’s) … “Pirates” (P’s) during this Carter's Second Term. At least
Obama didn't try to micro-manage this hostage situation as Carter did during his
problem with enemy combatants in Iran (oops! that is an organized
country).
EC’s and P’s are all working to disrupt the way life is carried
out because of some perceived nonnegotiable grievance. EC’s and P’s all will use
what ever means to achieve their ends that include violence, kidnapping, theft,
and destruction. With EC’s and P’s, the war never ends until they choose not to
act, otherwise all of these acts must be dealt with at the time they happen and
harshly … these acts should never be appeased.
It is time to end ...
Piracy, once and for all!