"Marine blogs say U.S. embassy did not authorize service members to carry ammo"

[ezkl2230]

"Marine blogs say U.S. embassy did not authorize service members to carry ammo"

"U.S. Marines defending the American embassy in Egypt were not permitted by the State Department to carry live ammunition, limiting their ability to respond to attacks like those this week on the U.S. consulate in Cairo.

Ambassador to Egypt Anne Patterson 'did not permit U.S. Marine guards to carry live ammunition,' according to multiple reports on U.S. Marine Corps blogs spotted by Nightwatch. 'She neutralized any U.S. military capability that was dedicated to preserve her life and protect the US Embassy.'"

When are American policy makers finally going to realize that folks in the middle east do not respect a show of force? Like when we went in to Beirut. Policy makers were told that if we insisted on going in, we had to be armed to the teeth and ready to rock and roll, that they wouldn't respect a show of force. But they rejected the advice they were given, and Marines died as a result. Now we're in Egypt, and the ambassador has decided that Egyptians will respect a show of force. I hope we don't end up with another Marines barracks event.

http://freebeacon.com/reports-marines-not-permitted-live-ammo/

***UPDATE***

The Independent, a British publication, is now reporting that the State Department had intelligence 48 hours prior to the attack that it was coming, but failed to warn diplomats to go on high alert and lock down the embassies (http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/politics/revealed-inside-story-of-us-envoys-assassination-8135797.html). As we all had already figured out, the production of a certain movie was merely a pretext to carry out the attacks, scheduled for 9-11, and the fact that Ambassador Stevens had only been back in Libya a short time after returning from a trip abroad and his trip to Benghazi was confidential also indicates that an intelligence breach occurred.

 

[BC1]

An unloaded gun is merely a club.

 

[SCTom]

Wow....sounds like America needs to replace her 'policy makers'. Exactly what were the Marines doing there if they weren't armed? What a travesty.

 

[xluber08]

Sounds like the people in change have no idea whats going on in that part of the world. What good is a guard with no ability to protect anything.

 

[vernsimpson]

But the "Wizards of Smart" know and say, that all you have to do is have "dialog" with them. I say the "dialog" should be a belt fed M60. That way they will hear AND understand.

 

[fuhr52]

Our current administration believes all we need do is sing kumbaya and hold group hugs and everyone will like us. Guess the Muslim extremists missed that memo. Maybe if the Marines had flowers sticking out of their gun barrels, they would understand we mean no harm. :sarcastic:

 

[The_Outlaw]

When are American policy makers finally going to realize that folks in the middle east do not respect a show of force? Like when we went in to Beirut. Policy makers were told that if we insisted on going in, we had to be armed to the teeth and ready to rock and roll, that they wouldn't respect a show of force. But they rejected the advice they were given, and Marines died as a result. Now we're in Egypt, and the ambassador has decided that Egyptians will respect a show of force. I hope we don't end up with another Marines barracks event.

http://freebeacon.com/reports-marines-not-permitted-live-ammo/

"Hey I have a great idea!!
Let's get ourselves a great watchdog, maybe a german shepherd or an american pitbull terrier.
Then we will have all of it's teeth removed, remove it's voicebox so that it cannot bark and cause any disturbance of any kind and then we will also chain it to the tree in the yard as a visual deterrant to any trespassers."
-LibTarded DumboCrapper-

You just can't make this $hit up folks.
SMMFH.

 

[WolfmanJack13]

A US Embassy is American soil and we, evan as "visitors" should be able to protect our compound from any invaders.

 

[mmckee1952]

Guess were Obama is going to next week? He’s going to the UN for some sort of formal UN meeting, and I will bet you money that he will poke his guts out with admissions of guilt, apologies and confessions to all the poor, poor Muslim countries out there and how he feels their pain. BS, I’ll give them pain, it’s called a 30.06 round, right between their Mohamed loving eyes, and then they can have their 30 virgins and be happy for once in their miserable lives. I’m so very tired and subsequently hate this crap so much I can’t wrap my head around it (as if you couldn’t tell).

 

[JimPage]

I can recall being stationed in Saigon in 1970 as a major. Staff officer in 7AF. Not allowed to carry a gun. None of us. Our task if attacked and over run was to toss a thermite bomb into the safe that was full of secret and top secret documents. So it's not that recent of a stupic policy, but carried to extremes. One reason we were not armed is that the powers that be didn't want the enemy to think we were afraid of them... GO FIGURE.