Seal Team 6.....kicks ass again

**gundog** · 01-26-2012, 12:36 PM

SEAL Team Six parachuted into Somalia on raid - Checkpoint Washington - The Washington Post

I'm glad these guys are on our side.

Hostage rescue has for decades been one of the primary missions of America’s counter-terrorism forces. But the rescue in Somalia was unusual in the demands it placed on U.S. forces and the distances it forced them to travel.

The SEALs were flown by Air Force special operations planes into Somalia and parachuted into an area about two miles from the compound where Jessica Buchanan, an American aid worker, was being held with a Danish man, Poul Hagen Thisted. The SEALs then walked through the dark to the rescue site.

The SEALs, who were prepared to take prisoners, killed nine of the kidnappers at the site, said Pentagon officials. None of the U.S. troops or hostages was wounded in the operation, and no prisoners were taken. Pentagon officials said that the kidnappers were all heavily armed and had explosives nearby. The American troops and the two hostages, held since October, left the rescue site on helicopters.

U.S. officials said the daring night-time raid reflected the lessons the military has learned and the experience it has gleaned over the last decade of combat in Iraq and Afghanistan.

**bett** · 01-26-2012, 12:42 PM

way to go!

**Dexter Dogg** · 01-26-2012, 12:43 PM

Awesome!!

**Golfgirlrobin** · 01-26-2012, 12:43 PM

Seal Team 6 is awesome. Idiot American do-gooder who thinks that wandering into completely lawless Somalia to help is a good idea is not.

I'm tired of American foreign policy and resources being used to rescue morons.

**MidwestGirl** · 01-26-2012, 12:56 PM

Glad it all worked out and I agree GGR, plus the "perfect" timing of this rescue

**Samson** · 01-26-2012, 01:14 PM

It won't stop Somali's from throwing themselves into the line of the rifle fire in the future !

They don't have anything to lose !

Brave of course ( Seals ) to confront ignorant pirates or kidnappers with guns as their ignorance makes them more dangerous but the problem needs solving and this is just not a solution except for the people that they save !

They don't have oil do they ? Maybe that's why the country is still in turmoil !

**gundog** · 01-26-2012, 01:26 PM

Originally Posted by Samson

It won't stop Somali's from throwing themselves into the line of the rifle fire in the future !

They don't have anything to lose !

Brave of course ( Seals ) to confront ignorant pirates or kidnappers with guns as their ignorance makes them more dangerous but the problem needs solving and this is just not a solution except for the people that they save !

They don't have oil do they ? Maybe that's why the country is still in turmoil !

Interesting......so should we not have tried to rescue them?

**Samson** · 01-26-2012, 01:33 PM

Originally Posted by gundog

Interesting......so should we not have tried to rescue them?

Of course ! The West is not attacking the root of the problem though - just skating over the surface ! Our Navy rescued some people at sea recently - Great for the people rescued for sure but.....

Hey - I don't know the answer but should we be doing more ? That country is back in the middle ages but they are still attacking the Western aid workers and capturing ships for ransom !

**Golfgirlrobin** · 01-26-2012, 01:42 PM

Originally Posted by Samson

Hey - I don't know the answer but should we be doing more ? That country is back in the middle ages but they are still attacking the Western aid workers and capturing ships for ransom !

Just my opinion, but there is a difference between keeping shipping routes in international waters free and safe and babysitting people who wander into situations on foreign soil when your average fifth grader would know better.