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He left it to the discretion of the Naval Commander and the negotiators. Everything was planned out. You do realize that by removing one of the 4 pirates from the ship, it gave the sharpshooters a MUCH higher chance of successfully taking out all of the pirates without hurting the captain? Their main concern was the safety of the captain. One wrong move and he'd be dead. From your own article:
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But most of all, they waited as a series of seemingly insignificant moves -- from extending the pirates a rope to bringing an injured brigand on-board -- improved their odds of success.
"Bringing them in closer gave them a smoother ride," said a senior U.S. military official, describing internal deliberations on condition of anonymity. "Also, if we had to take kinetic action -- as we did in this case -- the shot would have greater potential for success."
Why did it take you so long to start this thread? Surely you were hovering over your keyboard, salivating, breathing hard, just waiting for the "GO" signal.
He'd have a better chance with them then with you.
Quotes from the article:
"Obama was briefed on the crisis at least 18 times"
"Although a military special operations team had been mobilized, it had not yet arrived"
"If the goal was just to kill these guys, there were opportunities where we could have shot them," the senior official said. "This was not the outcome we wanted. We wanted those three guys to give themselves up."
Because killing people, via a knee jerk reaction to a crisis (no matter how popular), is stupid.
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