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Pentagon Denies Reports of No Live Ammo for Marines
The Washington Free Beacon ^
| September 13, 2012 4:40 pm
| Adam Kredo
Posted on 09/13/2012 4:15:06 PM PDT by Texas Fossil
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Marines deny, state department silent did they or did they not deny Marines live ammo?
After reading the article, my nose tells me that someone is not telling the whole truth. Playing legal weasel words.
To: Texas Fossil
Of course there was ammo there. It was locked up for security reasons.
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posted on
09/13/2012 4:17:43 PM PDT
by
SkyDancer
("OF COURSE I TALK TO MYSELF - Sometimes I need an expert opinion")
To: Texas Fossil
The DOD under this admin is not to be trusted by any liberty loving american...
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posted on
09/13/2012 4:18:46 PM PDT
by
Breto
(The Establishment party is killing our country)
To: Texas Fossil
If the standard policy is “No ammo” then it is accurate to say that no restrictions were placed on that policy.
This is doublespeak until someone in authority says “They had ammo and were fully armed with guns, ammo and the authority to use them”.
To: Texas Fossil
This is what I want to hear:
“Make NO MISTAKE! Every American Embassy world wide is well protected and our security forces are ARMED TO THE TEETH, and willing to use ANY FORCE NECESSARY TO PROTECT AMERICAN CITIZENS from ANY HARM! Go Ahead- Make our Day!”
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posted on
09/13/2012 4:22:15 PM PDT
by
eeevil conservative
(GIVE ME A PLACE TO STAND AND I WILL MOVE THE EARTH....Archimedes)
To: Breto
The DOD under this admin is not to be trusted by any liberty loving american... You took the words right out of my mouth.
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posted on
09/13/2012 4:23:21 PM PDT
by
Mr Ramsbotham
(Laws against sodomy are honored in the breech.)
To: Texas Fossil
"Our glorious Commander in Chief gives his Marines everything they need! I triple guarantee it!"
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posted on
09/13/2012 4:23:41 PM PDT
by
COBOL2Java
(I'm not voting for Obama, so therefore I must be helping Romney!)
To: Texas Fossil
Yep, the verb tenses are definitely off. No restrictions have been imposed now—but had they been imposed at the time of the attack?
To: Texas Fossil
Ammo or not, two Marines isn’t much of any army against RPG’s and others with AK-47’s.
To: Texas Fossil
sounds like Clintonese speak!
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posted on
09/13/2012 4:26:37 PM PDT
by
elpadre
(AfganistaMr Obama said the goal was to "disrupt, dismantle and defeat al-hereQaeda" and its allies.)
To: Mr Ramsbotham
DoD, CIA, State Department, Pentagon, ATF, FBI, IRS.. Nothing but Progressive Socialists with guns.
To: 9YearLurker
Yup...used "have been" instead of "were".
The lawyers are now advising.
To: Texas Fossil
First they came for the ammo of our Border Patrol....
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posted on
09/13/2012 4:28:43 PM PDT
by
Jane Long
(Soli Deo Gloria!)
To: Texas Fossil
If the Marines were locked, loaded and authorized to fire, where are the dead Libyans? ‘Cause Marines sure don’t go down without a fight. Could it be our State Department prefers four dead Americans to any dead or wounded Libyans?
To: 9YearLurker
I agree. The verb tenses are off and the statement sounds weasel worded to me.
Of course, it could be that either the reporter or the government spokesman doesn’t know how to speak English. That would be par for the course, too.
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posted on
09/13/2012 4:30:03 PM PDT
by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
To: Texas Fossil
What does the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Martin E. Dempsey, say? Were Marines denied ammunition for their weapons by the DoS or not?
So what if the Cairo Embassy had ammunition under lock and key? Yes, it was secured. No, Marines could not defend the Embassy without ammunition in their weapons, unless you want them to use the weapons as inefficient clubs.
To: Norm Lenhart
If the standard policy is No ammo then it is accurate to say that no restrictions were placed on that policy. This is doublespeak until someone in authority says They had ammo and were fully armed with guns, ammo and the authority to use them. Yes, the response had a certain PRECISE, Clintonesque flavor to it.
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posted on
09/13/2012 4:34:57 PM PDT
by
PapaBear3625
(Charlie Daniels - Payback Time http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWwTJj_nosI)
To: Texas Fossil
"No restrictions on weapons or weapons status have been imposed." restrictions = applies to weapons, not ammo
weapons = does not include ammo
weapons status = meaning "ability to operate properly," not "loaded"
have = not "were"
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posted on
09/13/2012 4:36:23 PM PDT
by
Talisker
(One who commands, must obey.)
To: Texas Fossil
See? Live ammo!
To: Texas Fossil
They have ammo. Under lock and key perhaps. Maybe they get beanbags like the US Border Patrol.
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posted on
09/13/2012 4:40:22 PM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(Obama likes to claim credit for getting Osama. Why hasn't he tried Khalid Sheikh Mohammed yet?)
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