Happy Ending

I am SO proud of these unsung Heroes..., from Pauline Jelenik at Townhall.com.

Military officials were widely praising the snipers for three flawless shots, which they described as remarkable, coming at night and from the stern of a ship on rolling waters.
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The Navy released images of the scene from an unmanned drone, Scan Eagle. It showed that the snipers had positioned themselves on the fantail of the Bainbridge. The snipers fired simultaneously. One of the pirates was in the pilot house.

The SEALS arrived on the scene by parachuting from their aircraft into the sea, and they were picked up by the Bainbridge, a senior U.S. official said.

Thank you, SEALS, and crew of USS Bainbridge. You are Finest Kind.

And no, in my heart and mind, the BarryO Administration gets NO credit here. None. Zip. Zero. Zilch. Nada. If our nose-in-the-air/ head in the sand/ Ivory Tower-dwelling government had done the right thing in the FIRST place, pirate scum wouldn't feel free to terrorize the seas as they do. These animals understand one thing - Power. FIRE power. Sink their ships, confiscate their loot, and send 'em to Davy Jones Locker. I want that bumber sticker that says "So Many Pirates, So Few Yardarms."

Our Marines and Sailors have been fighting this scum since the first breath of this Nation. We CAN either wipe out it out or at the very least make it a rare thing tried by a stupid few.

Somehow I doubt BarryO believes that would be something worth fighting for. Well, I don't think he has ANYTHING on his list of Things Worth Fighting For, to tell you the truth. No standards, no patriotism, no nuthin. Suit of clothes, looking for an Emperor (gleefully and gratefully swiped from Paco). And he gets more like that stupid, ignorant, arrogant Emperor strutting his stuff in his birthday suit EVERY day he's in office. His Advisors tell him he's good, and he's good with that.

Makes me wanna puke.

So, as my Aussie friends say, GOOD ON YA, NAVY! Thanks for making this another GREAT DAY, in spite of you-know-who!

UPDATE: El Campeador covers this quite nicely, with a bit of clarification from his commenter.