A better question would be can you find anyone who isn't a rabid conservative partisan who believes that the president "fouled this one up"...

Hmm, are Somali pirates considered rabid conservative partisans?

A better question would be can you find anyone who isn't a rabid conservative partisan who believes that the president "fouled this one up"...

I see no proof that he wasn't in greater danger back in the hands of the pirates.

With the pirates it was very likely that he would stay alive and in captivity. Firing RPGs at him held a very high chance that he would be killed by friendly fire, a medium chance that he would be killed by hostile fire, a small chance that he would remain alive and in captivity, and a small chance that he would be freed.

BJ Clinton

Whatever you think of Clinton, there is no denying women love him. And chuckles will always hate him for it.

BJ Clinton

Whatever you think of Clinton, there is no denying women love him. And chuckles will always hate him for it.

Gee, Anjin... you're a little off your feed today.

Could be. You don't really even merit decent sarcasm. We can't really make you into a bigger joke than you have made of yourself. You're... you're... the Teflon rater! :)

As it turns out, he was.

I see no proof that he wasn't in greater danger back in the hands of the pirates. Example: Just because I survive a flight on a plane from NY to SanFran doesn't mean I couldn't have been safer INSIDE the plane for the same distance.

Nobody is making that argument

Not in this trhead, no, but the basic illogic is remakable in it's similarlity.

After all bit, this is how things seem to you. If you feel this way, it must, just must, be a fact...

Gee, Anjin... you're a little off your feed today.

Only the most rabid partisan conservatives believe this nonsense...

And of course your status as a partisan liberal doesn't influence this response of yours at all, right?

Ah, but you see, I DO, in fact understand them.

That's right. Bit has seen war movies. He has read spy books. He KNOWS about this stuff.

After all bit, this is how things seem to you. If you feel this way, it must, just must, be a fact...

So, you think he was safer in the hands of the pirates?

As it turns out, he was.

Sounds nearly the same argument made about how Iraq was better off when saddam ran the place.

Nobody is making that argument, though many Iraqis believe things aren't better enough to warrant continued gratitude.

If someone breaks into your house to kill you, and I come in and stop him, you'd be grateful. If I'm still in your house 6 years later, you probably wouldn't be so happy about it.

Obama fouled this one up...

Only the most rabid partisan conservatives believe this nonsense...

The bottom line you seem to be missing is that had the decision gone the way you think it should Phillips might now be dead rather than alive

So, you think he was safer in the hands of the pirates? Gee. Sounds nearly the same argument made about how Iraq was better off when saddam ran the place.