Comments on: The Top. And Well Over It. http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2009/04/12/the-top-and-well-over-it/ Summum nec metuas diem, nec optes - Marcus Valerius Martialis Thu, 19 Apr 2012 09:00:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Pudentilla http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2009/04/12/the-top-and-well-over-it/comment-page-1/#comment-81687 Pudentilla Mon, 13 Apr 2009 02:57:29 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/?p=12222#comment-81687 "Officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss internal deliberations said the second order was to encompass more military personnel and equipment that arrived in the Indian Ocean to engage the pirates."<a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090412/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_piracy_obama" rel="nofollow">AP</a>. Different forces require different approvals for operations. Such are the tedious requirements of democracy. Perhaps easier to start wars on the king's nod. Perhaps harder to end wars so begun. As for DOJ considering indictment, that's how it's done in a free republic. Those who like tyrants ordering actions on a whim may recall the Bush administration with a certain nostalgia. “Officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss internal deliberations said the second order was to encompass more military personnel and equipment that arrived in the Indian Ocean to engage the pirates.”AP.

Different forces require different approvals for operations. Such are the tedious requirements of democracy. Perhaps easier to start wars on the king’s nod. Perhaps harder to end wars so begun.

As for DOJ considering indictment, that’s how it’s done in a free republic. Those who like tyrants ordering actions on a whim may recall the Bush administration with a certain nostalgia.

]]> By: Mike Roark http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2009/04/12/the-top-and-well-over-it/comment-page-1/#comment-81676 Mike Roark Mon, 13 Apr 2009 00:45:51 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/?p=12222#comment-81676 Some discussion over at Gina Cobb that wonders if BO really did anything that wasn't already authorized. http://ginacobb.typepad.com/gina_cobb/2009/04/us-navy-obama-made-no-key-decision.html Some discussion over at Gina Cobb that wonders if BO really did anything that wasn’t already authorized.

http://ginacobb.typepad.com/gina_cobb/2009/04/us-navy-obama-made-no-key-decision.html

]]>