re: #154 Obdicut

Hee hee. It’s fun to see DKOS guys being all hawkish there.

I hope we rescue every last hostage there. That’d be a good strong message.

Actions, not words:

“This is yet another message to the world that the United States of America will stand strongly against any threats to our people,” U.S. President Barack Obama said in a statement.

Military helicopters ferried elite troops to the pirate camp in scrubland close to Haradheere, a major pirate base in central Somalia, Washington’s Germany-based Africa Command (AFRICOM) said in a statement.

“All nine captors were killed during the assault,” it said.

U.S. Defence Secretary Leon Panetta confirmed no American soldiers were killed in the operation.

First Somali operation since Black Hawk Down.