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Panetta won't meet with soldier unless they lock up their guns first
New York Times ^ | 3/14/2012 | ELISABETH BUMILLER

Posted on 03/14/2012 8:06:55 AM PDT by DManA

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1 posted on 03/14/2012 8:06:59 AM PDT by DManA
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What unmitigated bullshit. Just lost all the little bit of respect I had for this political animal.


2 posted on 03/14/2012 8:08:23 AM PDT by jagusafr ("Write in Palin and prepare for war...")
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To: DManA

I guess he’s figuring some soldier might NOT lose it and .....


3 posted on 03/14/2012 8:09:01 AM PDT by Terry Mross ( "It happened. And we let it happen. - Peter Griffin, Family Guy)
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To: DManA

I knew a guy who fought in WW II in the South Pacific.
They were all disarmed an hour before MacArthur mysteriously showed up.


4 posted on 03/14/2012 8:09:08 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: jagusafr

I thought that was SOP in these situations.


5 posted on 03/14/2012 8:09:31 AM PDT by krb (Obama is a miserable failure.)
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To: Buckeye McFrog

And for good reason


6 posted on 03/14/2012 8:09:54 AM PDT by AppyPappy (If you really want to annoy someone, point out something obvious that they are trying hard to ignore)
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To: DManA

If I were meeting with US forces in Afghanistan, I would order them to bring their weapons with them.


7 posted on 03/14/2012 8:10:01 AM PDT by Izzy Dunne (Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
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To: jagusafr

“What unmitigated bullshit. Just lost all the little bit of respect I had for this political animal.”

Ditto! Fing Social a$$ hole


8 posted on 03/14/2012 8:10:40 AM PDT by mongo141 (Revolution ver 2.0, just a matter of when, not a matter of if!)
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To: krb

Really? I did not know that.


9 posted on 03/14/2012 8:12:21 AM PDT by DManA
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To: DManA
Thanks Panetta for admitting that you are an enemy of the troops. A group fart in his direction would be in order.
10 posted on 03/14/2012 8:12:30 AM PDT by shove_it (just undo it)
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To: DManA

I guess Leon feels generally safe with his own military and generally proud of their combat performance


11 posted on 03/14/2012 8:12:50 AM PDT by silverleaf (Funny how all the people who are for abortion are already born)
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To: DManA

Whatsamatter Panetta? Cowardice from SecDef in vogue these days?


12 posted on 03/14/2012 8:14:06 AM PDT by combat_boots (The Lion of Judah cometh. Hallelujah. Gloria Patri, Filio et Spiritui Sancto.)
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He (Penn-eta) like B.Hussein Obama is in ‘way over his head’

He never gave me the feeling that he knew what he was doing or saying..

13 posted on 03/14/2012 8:15:07 AM PDT by haircutter
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I hope it’s ok to link to a NYT story.


14 posted on 03/14/2012 8:15:24 AM PDT by DManA
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Panetta might not be as stupid as he acts.


15 posted on 03/14/2012 8:17:09 AM PDT by Iron Munro ("Don't pick a fight with an old man. If he is too old to fight he'll just kill you." John Steinbeck)
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To: Buckeye McFrog
LOL

Dougout Doug (that's what he was called)--a legend in his own mind. On the other hand, he was pretty smart. The Inchon landing caught the NK/Chinese by surprise.

Eisenhower couldn't stand him.

16 posted on 03/14/2012 8:18:08 AM PDT by OldCorps
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To: DManA

Its SOP. Noone gets near a Cabinet officer with a weapon
without the required clearance. No need to foam at the mouth over this.


17 posted on 03/14/2012 8:23:24 AM PDT by RitchieAprile
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To: OldCorps

Never heard of Patton having his troops disarmed.
Reminds me of Chicago police not being allowed to have guns off-duty.


18 posted on 03/14/2012 8:23:45 AM PDT by hoosierham (Freedom isn't free)
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To: DManA

Jackass!

Total regime change come 2013!


19 posted on 03/14/2012 8:24:35 AM PDT by IbJensen (We now have a government requiring citizens prove they are insured but not that they are citizens.)
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To: Buckeye McFrog
They were all disarmed an hour before MacArthur mysteriously showed up.

Ha! Eff you, Dugout Doug!

20 posted on 03/14/2012 8:26:08 AM PDT by Hemingway's Ghost (Spirit of '75)
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