Navy SEALs doin’ more work. They’ve really become a thorn in the side of ne’er do well Somalis. It seems the United States is done messing around with vagrant criminal antics–logic would dictate that Somali bandits, pirates and armed criminals of every sort would start to get the hint, but apparently not.
Three months ago, American aid worker, Jessica Buchanan, and Danish aid worker, Poul Hagen Thisted, were abducted by Somalian bandits while working for Danish Demining Group. This is a refugee aid organization that is based in Denmark. After a few months in captivity, word was pushed to the highest level of American government and President Barack Obama. Buchanan, 32, has an undisclosed medical condition, and there was a good chance that if left untreated, she could die in captivity.
According to the Pentagon, there was a window of opportunity to rescue the two hostages, and in direct response to that window, President Obama ordered an in-and-out rescue mission, led once again by the elite NAVY SEAL team responsible for the assault on Osama Bin Laden’s compound in 2011. The SEAL team moved in, quickly dispatched 9 armed Somalis, and rescued the two hostages.
The rescue party was en route to Camp Lemonier during the President’s State of the Union address last night–nothing was mentioned of the event due to the necessity of continued security during rescue transport. However, President Obama did look to Defense Secretary, Leon Panetta, and tell him he did a “good job.” Now it all makes sense.
The SEALs are definitive badassery. I’ve had the pleasure of knowing a few of them, and these guys are just wired differently. Much obliged to their service. I have long thought that more operations like this would send the message that we desire in terms of military might, without having to lay waste to civilians and massive geography.
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