REPORTS: No Live Ammo for Marines

The Washington Free Beacon ^ | Sept 13. 2012 | Adam Kredo

[Cliff Dweller]

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.”

If true, the reports indicate that Patterson shirked her obligation to protect U.S. interests, Nightwatch states.

[Cliff Dweller]

Like this is a surprise. Ambassadors who demand the Barney Fife approach for security so as to not offend the host country....

[MNJohnnie]

On the anniversary of 09-11 the same year Osama was killed?

Criminal level incompetence by the 0bama regime.

[TSgt]

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot

[treetopsandroofs]

Now Hussein’s going to double down on disenfranchising the military.

[ilovesarah2012]

WTH???

[hal ogen]

Great strategy there, you pinheaded nincompoop ambassador. Like the Marines are planted pots...just for show. Disgusting.

[GeorgeWashingtonsGhost]

Huma Abedin no doubt knew this.. Hmmmm.. I wonder if she leaked it to the bad guys..

[meyer]

Of course not - only the IRS gets live ammo...

[nutmeg]

What the hell...?

[cork]

Not a day goes by, that at least once, I read something that this regime did that makes me what to pull my hair out and scream!!!

[Qbert]

Shameful.

[cripplecreek]

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.”

Such decisions should not be in the hands of ambassadors who often qualify for the position based on little more than how helpful they were in getting a president elected.

[jonno]

Great idea - not! And then ADVERTISE it to the world???

Its like posting one of those signs “Firearms are banned on these premises”.

The incompetence is simply staggering...

[Sgt_Schultze]

Well, at least Social Security offices in the US will be well-armed.

[Tilted Irish Kilt]

Recall the entire administration for incompetance !

Amateurs !

[lowbridge]

Live ammo for the EPA, IRS, SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION, etc. But not a single live bullet for our Marines.

[jesseam]

Re; U.S. Marines defending the American embassy in Egypt were not permitted by the State Department to carry live ammunition.

Why are they there???/What a F**kin insult. Were they given desserts to hand out to the terrorists to celebrate 9/11?? OIF vet

[GoldenPup]

Ambassador to Egypt Anne Patterson “did not permit U.S. Marine guards to carry live ammunition"...

Too bad she didn't get a dose of the same "medicine".

[Cliff Dweller]

Advertising by revealing? I could have guessed/bet the Ambassador would preclude access to live ammo, is there an Al-Queda lurker here?

[Signalman]

This administration is beyond stupid.

[Proud2BeRight]

I may now have the answer to my question on a couple posts yesterday, as follows:
“One thing I have been attempting to understand:
Are our embassies guarded by our military?
Are they armed?
What are their Rules of Engagement?
Why were the first terrorists who broke past the fence not mowed down?”

I’m too angry to post any more right now.

[Tilted Irish Kilt]

Sgt_Schultze~” Well, at least Social Security offices in the US will be well-armed.”

And NOAA (the weather people) have 140 million rounds ,..for what ?
Our embassies are guarded by unarmed forces, but we need to protect our weathermen here in the States.

Something is rotten in Denmark !!

[jonno]

Come again?

[Navy Patriot]

No Live Ammo for Marines

Not surprised, I've seen this foolish policy since Vietnam, and it has cost us thousands of American lives.

[txrefugee]

Good-bye, Hillary. You can forget the face lift, because you have no chance for a Democrat run in 2016. These stupid rules would have meant the deaths of those inside the Cairo embassy, had the mob wanted to go that far. The dead bodies of the Americans murdered in Libya are around your neck and the Kenyan’s neck because there were NO Marines to protect the consulate on 9/11.

You just can’t fix stupid when it comes to the wishful thinking of the Left. Those who know that “the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth,” don’t live in this Never Never Land.

[Charles Henrickson]

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.” If true. . . .

If true, this is absolutely unbelievable. Correction: Unfortunately, with the Obama administration, this is all too believable.

[AU72]

Romney should be all over this.

[Braak]

WTH??? No Live AMMO? That's the kind of crap that led to the ‘83 barracks bombings in Lebanon!! Ok, that's it! This creep loses in November. He's killing Americans through stupidity.

[MissMagnolia]

While Marines are typically relied on to defend U.S. territory abroad, such as embassies, these reports indicate that the Obama administration was relying on Egypt’s new Muslim Brotherhood-backed government to ensure American security, a move observers are questioning as violence in Cairo continues to rage.

The Obama Administration relying on the Muslim Btotherhood to 'show us the love' ..... maybe they should check in with former Ambassador Stevens and see how well that worked out for him. Oh wait .... the mob dragged him to the hospital that so that worked out just fine. /s

[GeronL]

It was one of my first question

[skinkinthegrass]

Like this is a surprise. Ambassadors who demand the Barney Fife
approach for security so as to not offend the host country....the text demands a photo....

[littleharbour]

No American soldier should ever be put in a place of danger without being properly armed. If Obama wants to staff the embassy with tour guides, let him recruit from the thousands of Democrat staffers getting fat and lazy in Washington. Stop using the Marines as props!

[Blue Highway]

Yet one more example of how America is resembling the nation depicted in the movie Idiocracy.

[The Cajun]

not permitted by the State Department to carry live ammunition.

I'm getting madder and madder by the hour as the truth comes out.
Where the hell are Boehner and McConnell on this?
Shouldn't they, in the very least, be calling for the drunken pig Hillary to resign?

[CrazyIvan]

Maybe Obama thought it was going to the SDS Weathermen.

[mojito]

Ambassador to Egypt Anne Patterson

And no doubt the one who approved the apology for hurt Muslim feelings. So of course bullets were banned. They might have caused some hurt feelings of their own.

[chris37]

SMRT.

[KansasGirl]

Oh well, the MSM could not care less. They will continue to pursue their mission, which is to protect Obama, at all costs, which is to protect. They don’t care how many Americans die as a result.

[verga]

Back to the Carter Years.

[Blue Highway]

I had mentioned in another thread this ambassador looked like the spawn of Pelosi with those vacant eyes and evil toothed grin. Maybe I went easy on her if there are muslim ties to her and she is somehow a stealth Al Quaida operative working within the US government.

[cyclotic]

Not a strong enough word. Try Repulsive. Add your favorite profanity in front of it for added punch.

[dalebert]

MURDER...CAUSED BY OBAMA AND HILLARY

[BigCinBigD]

If I were the Ambassador in some 3rd world dung hole. I would order the commanding officer of the Marine guard to kill any animal that comes over the wall.

[Nifster]

I am in living in an insane time warp....Is it 1979 or is it 2012??? I can no longer tell with certainty

[Logical me]

Not a day goes by, that at least once, I read something that this regime did that makes me what to pull my hair out and scream!!!

Me too! I cannot believe that all Americans are not discussed with King Obama and his communists empire. King Obama should have been impeached a long time ago and Biden should be put in a cage.

[EGPWS]

Then why send in the Marines, so they can die too????

[JudyinCanada]

Marines with no ammunition?

This is just setting them up.

Who did this? It is beyond belief.

[Mich Patriot]

"Come again?"

Wrong Administration...the Clinton thread is further down.

[Tennessee Nana]

and willard doesnt like nasty guns either...

God help the US military...

[Blue Highway]

I had mentioned in another thread this ambassador looked like the spawn of Pelosi with those vacant eyes and evil toothed grin. Maybe I went easy on her if there are muslim ties to her and she is somehow a stealth Al Quaida operative working within the US government. Does anyone know if she is indeed a muslim?>