Got this from a friend that I trust.  It confirmed similar reports I received from other sources.  Pretty interesting and confirms what I suspected all along.  Keep this in mind ladies and gentlemen, without the will to act, all you have are high priced static displays and a force ready to look sharp in a parade.  I did SANITIZE some words to protect those who should be protected.

Ross
Getting Caught Is The Mother Of Invention.



Skipper, here's the latest straight from Eagle, he was the On Scene Commander (OSC).We had 8 shooters ready to go.
 
We HALO'ed in from 30,000 on Sat at Odark thirty. Wish we had more  targets... OOrah. We still tell your stories, Brownie especially.
 
Rainman
 
Interesting...
 
 
Having spoken to some SEAL pals up in Virginia Beach yesterday and asking why this thing dragged out for 4 days, I got the following:
 

1. THE MAN wouldn't authorize the NSWC SEAL teams to the scene for 36 hours going against OSC (On Scene Commander) recommendation.
2. Once they arrived, THE MAN imposed restrictions on their Rules Of Engagement (ROE) that they couldn't do anything unless the hostage's life was in "imminent" danger.
3. The first time the hostage jumped, the SEALS had the raggies all sighted in, but could not fire due to ROE restriction.
4. When the navy ridged inflatable boat (RIB) came under fire as it approached with supplies, no fire was returned due to ROE restrictions.  As the raggies were shooting at the RIB, they were exposed and the SEALS had them all dialed in.
5. THE MAN specifically denied two rescue plans developed by the Bainbridge captain (CPN) and SEAL teams.
6. Bainbridge CPN and SEAL team CDR finally decide they have the OpArea  and OSC authority to solely determine risk to hostage.  4 hours later, 3  dead raggies.
7. THE MAN immediately claims credit for his "daring and decisive" behaviour.  As usual with him, it's BS.

 
So per our last email thread, I'm downgrading Oohbaby's performace to D-.  Only reason it's not an F is that the hostage survived.
 
Read the following accurate account.
 
Philips' first leap into the warm, dark water of the Indian Ocean hadn't  worked out as well. With the Bainbridge in range and a rescue by his country's Navy possible, Philips threw himself off of his lifeboat prison, enabling Navy shooters onboard the destroyer a clear shot at his captors - and none was taken.
 
The guidance from National Command Authority - the president of the United States, Barack Obama - had been clear: a peaceful solution was the only acceptable outcome to this standoff unless the hostage's life was in clear, extreme danger.
 
The next day, a small Navy boat approaching the floating raft was fired on by the Somali pirates - and again no fire was returned and no pirates killed. This was again due to the cautious stance assumed by Navy personnel thanks to the combination of a lack of clear guidance from Washington and a mandate from the commander in chief's staff not to act until Obama, a man with no background of dealing with such issues and no track record of decisiveness, decided that any outcome other than a "peaceful solution" would be acceptable.
 
 
After taking fire from the Somali kidnappers again Saturday night, the OSC decided he'd had enough.
 
Keeping his authority to act in the case of a clear and present danger to the hostage's life and having heard nothing from Washington since yet another request to mount a rescue operation had been denied the day before, the Navy officer - unnamed in all media reports to date - decided the AK47 one captor had leveled at Philips' back was a threat to the hostage's life and ordered the NSWC team to take their shots.
 
Three rounds downrange later, all three brigands became enemy KIA and Philips was safe.
 
There is upside, downside, and spinside to the series of events over the last week that culminated in yesterday's dramatic rescue of an American hostage.
 
Almost immediately following word of the rescue, the Obama administration and its supporters claimed victory against pirates in the Indian Ocean and [1] declared that the dramatic end to the standoff put an end to questions of the inexperienced president's toughness and decisiveness.
 
Despite the Obama administration's (and its sycophants') attempt to spin yesterday's success as a result of bold, decisive leadership by the inexperienced president, the reality is nothing of the sort.  What should have been a standoff lasting only hours - as long as it took the USS Bainbridge and its team of NSWC operators to steam to the location - became an embarrassing four day and counting standoff between a ragtag handful of criminals with rifles and a U.S. Navy warship.
 
Rainman