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World Is the British Royal Navy aiming for Michelle Obama?
- Posted on October 15, 2011 at 8:51pm by
Meredith Jessup
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Are the British finally planning revenge for that whole American Revolution dust-up from a couple centuries ago? First Lady Michelle Obama’s security detail is apparently taking no chances. According to the Daily Mail, a British Royal Navy vessel was ordered to turn its onboard guns because they were parked pointing toward at a hotel Mrs. Obama was staying in during her recent visit to South Africa.
Fearing the First Lady might be in danger, minders ordered the captain of the HMS Edinburgh stationed in Cape Town, South Africa, to switch them away from her five-star suite.
The U.S. agents have since been accused of overreacting after it emerged the Sea Dart missiles were, in fact, loaded with blanks having been used during a ceremony in honour of a sailor who had died.
Former Royal Navy officer Mike Critchley told the Daily Mirror: ‘This is typical American Secret Service going over the top.
‘I would have thought that they could trust their British allies to not put a missile through the bedroom window of the First Lady. It is unfortunate that this happened at an extremely sad time for the ship.’
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NotPoliticallyCorrect
Posted on October 16, 2011 at 6:37pmThe Obama‘s have taken more vacations in a couple years than I’ve taken in my entire LIFE. Barry and Michelle, your arrogance in these troubled times is appalling. You make me sick and are a discredit to our country.
Report Post »Mikesr
Posted on October 16, 2011 at 2:56pmwhy was she not home weeding the garden? No she is on another tax payer multi million dollar vacation. What a joke she is!
Report Post »Servant Of YHVH
Posted on October 17, 2011 at 4:19amActually she wasn’t even there. She was at Target because she likes looking at the Target icon pretending that the icons are targets aimed at the American people and her with her finger on the trigger ready to pull the trigger.
As for the British Navy, while it probably was a very tempting prospect to them, they have more class than the obama‘s and so therefore they wouldn’t have done it.
Report Post »hi
Posted on October 16, 2011 at 2:03pmNah. They love their fellow socialists like Michelle.
Report Post »Whirled Peas
Posted on October 16, 2011 at 1:39pmMuch ado about nothing… Sasquatch can take care of herself. Why is she wasting taxpayer money in South Africa anyway? Her mother must really be getting sick of all the unpaid babysitting…. unless, of course, the taxpayers are paying for that too….
Report Post »Down2TheC
Posted on October 16, 2011 at 1:43amJust brilliant… since they could rotate them 180 degrees and fire in about half a second if they wanted to. So turning them the other way will make them so much safer.
Report Post »gibbygoo56
Posted on October 16, 2011 at 1:29amIts always about Moochelle! … Moochelle, Moochelle, Moochelle!
Report Post »BULLDOG98
Posted on October 16, 2011 at 12:31amUh secret service, I doubt that the British have therir fingers eagerly on their triggers with standing orders to shoot/fire whatever the case may be when they see “american royalty”
Report Post »Husband_Beater
Posted on October 15, 2011 at 11:50pmThose Brits!!!….do you want to waste my XXXL butt???…….oh boy!! you need a nuke!!!!
Report Post »GeoInSD
Posted on October 15, 2011 at 11:16pmI am sure it has nothing to do with the American Revolution. Perhaps it has something to do with the Obama insults of the UK. Read:
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/nilegardiner/100027838/barack-obama%E2%80%99s-top-10-insults-against-britain/
Report Post »swampsniper
Posted on October 15, 2011 at 10:18pmSomewhere in the world there is an ICBM aimed right at the White House! Maybe Michelle should live underground..
Report Post »Nasado
Posted on October 15, 2011 at 10:05pmWait, where does the Secret Service get the gaul to order another country’s naval ship on foreign soil to redirect their weapons? I would not stand for some foreign entity to order our ships around. I don’t care who was in the hotel, we have no right to order another navy unless they are in our waters or threatening our ships with acts of agression. Pathetic!
Report Post »banjarmon
Posted on October 16, 2011 at 1:51pmRight ON!!! Well Said!!
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