on DU after a friend got it and sent it to me to research.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=5496710&mesg_id=5496710I knew it was one of those bullshit made-up RW emails they send out.
I mailed the following back to my friend... (thanks go out to some DU posters.... I cribbed their material shamelessly)
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Subject: The Adventure of Obama and the Pirates
"JESUS CHRIST ! What kind of people send shit like this to you?
About the email about Obama failing in the pirate crisis....
The guy who wrote that POS email is lying. I contacted my friend who is still in the SEALS, and he tells a different story. Obama secretly parachuted into the water near the Bainbridge, was picked up, and set up a sniper position on the fantail of the ship. When it was obvious that the hostage was in danger, he personally fired the three shots that took out the pirates. The SEALS said it was the best shooting they'd ever seen. Apparently Obama was a secret agent ..... like Schwarzenegger in "True Lies".... before he became president.
I've got just as much proof for my story as the clown who wrote the email. Well... his story sounds better because he used all those nifty military acronyms! I remember a few of those acronyms, too. Fucked Up Beyond All Recognition would fit nicely here.
Let's take a look at some of his points. Point #3 is contradicted by #1...Obama didn't let the Seals come in for 36 hours, yet Phillips jumped within 24 hours. He says the SEALS were all set to shoot when Phillips jumped overboard. Which one is true?
I don't remember seeing Obama claiming credit for his "daring and decisive" behavior. That was the media. They liked the story. Lemme see, hostage freed, 3 bad guys killed, one captured. How is that a failure? I don't remember seeing Obama claiming credit, but I do remember Bush dressing up in a flight-suit and codpiece and strutting around like he was Patton after "Mission Accomplished"... 9 years ago. I think all presidents from that time on will know better than to grandstand like that. It can come back and bite you in the ass, like it did with Bush.
One last thing... SEALs cannot talk about operational procedures regardless of what some bloviating rightwingnut says in an email, it's a violation of security protocols and the SEAL would be prosecuted under the UCMJ if he did so.
Lemme repeat that... SEALs cannot talk about operational procedures regardless of what some bloviating rightwingnut says in an email, it's a violation of security protocols and the SEAL would be prosecuted under the UCMJ if he did so.
The Barcalounger Commandos that make this shit up need to channel their efforts into praying that Obama can dig us out of the hole that Bush put us into.
Yeah... let's remember where our problems lie. Pirates didn't destroy our economy. Al-Quaeda didn't crush the stock market or cripple the banking system. The Taliban didn't double our National Debt."