rightwingnuthouse.com - 4/13/2009
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So Captain Phillips is free and unharmed and the pirates are killed or captured. Good news all around, although I think Michael Shear of WaPo gave new meaning to the phrase “gushing coverage:”
It was one of the earliest tests of the new American president — a small military ...
corner.nationalreview.com - 4/13/2009
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corner.nationalreview.com —
Following the freeing of American ship captain Richard
Phillips from a band of Somali pirates Sunday, commentators
have turned their attention to what can be done to control and prevent future piracy. The solutions suggested so far are what you might ...
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Want to Prevent Piracy? Privatize the Ocean
newsbusters.org - 4/13/2009
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newsbusters.org —
Amid the widespread relief that the captain of
the Maersk Alabama, Richard Phillips, was freed from the
Somali pirates, there is a growing feeling among the left that those pirates are "misunderstood." The idea of those pirates as really ...
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Leftwing Blogosphere Picks Up Al-Jazeera Theme: Somali ...
bloomberg.com - 4/13/2009
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bloomberg.com —
April 13 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. military is
considering attacks on pirate bases on land and aid
for the Somali people to help stem ship hijackings off Africa’s east coast, defense officials said. The military also is drawing up proposals to aid the ...
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U.S. Military Considers Attacks on Somali Pirates’ Land ...
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Balloon Juice —
... but also interesting because, as is typical of Moran and his ilk, all that matters is the conservative movement.
But, yes, I think that we are at the point where we should laud conservatives for reaching the conclusion that unabated batshit craziness is a bad thing, even if the only reason they believe it’s a bad thing is that it hurts the conservative movement.
Of course, Rick himself only knows a hack from a handsaw when the wind is southerly, so to speak, as this amply demonstrates:
Meanwhile, our intrepid Somali pirates know ...
If You Believe in War, You Believe in War
Comments from Left Field —
... It’s the triumph of testosterone over brains. How else to explain Rick Moran pounding “Obama’s two Democratic predecessors” for ignoring military threats while apparently forgetting the Republican who was president for the eight years immediately preceding Obama? You know, the one who invaded and occupied a country that had not attacked the U.S. and posed absolutely no threat to the U.S., while completely ignoring Somalia and the pirates as they merrily went about their pirate business? ...
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Maggie's Farm —
... Rick Moran offers another side to the Somalia story. Of course, lousy fishing conditions do not justify piracy. These pirates are just thugs with a heretofore easy gig. ...
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Imagery of a Shabaab fighter from the terror groups' website.
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Weird But True: HuffPoster Offers Defense of Somali Pirates
jammiewearingfool.blogspot.com 4/13/2009 — Seems after the hostage standoff ended yesterday most of the civilized world is applauding the daring rescue of Captain Richard Phillips.But leave it to the Huffington Post to give voice to a Somali defending piracy.Seriously. You see, this piracy ...
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jihadwatch.org 2/19/2009 —
Mixed loyalties?
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