Pirates and Foreign Policy

So I was very excited to find out that three Pirates were shot dead for holding an american ship captain hostage off the coast of Africa on Sunday morning.



Congrats to President Obama for getting a successful conclusion. However, it seems that the Navy's seals orders were only to fire if the hostages life in danger and this directive was not in place until Saturday Morning. This seems to be why the Navy wasn't able to assist the first time the hostage tried to escape.


While I do congratulate President Obama for whatever part he had (which is a matter of wide debate) in getting the best conclusion possible, I think President Obama will need to be judged on how he handles the future.

This threat won't go away and the lives of those that carry aid and goods to that part of the world are in jeopardy. So far we took one captive, where are we goign to keep him. If only there was a prison off our shores for the dangerous enemies of our nation that were still open.

But the point is will Obama take a proactive stance and use the military to make the shipping routes safer, or will he hope this goes away by ignoring it. Unfortunatly I believe one who set a record for voting present is likley to do the latter, but we'll wait and see.

Best of the Media (new cu blogword, new segment described below).

I try and take in the news and opinions I can. This clip comes from the Chris Baker show, 7-11am weekday mornings on KTLK in Minneapolis/St. Paul. It's a funny parody of a famous 70s classic describing Obama's foregin policy as defined by his recent world tour.

http://www.conservativeuncensored.com/media/obamasurrender.mp3
(click above to play with default settings, or right click and select "Save Target As" to download).