Posted on 09/13/2012 4:15:06 PM PDT by Texas Fossil
A Marine spokesperson at the Pentagon denied reports that U.S. Marines defending the American embassy in Egypt were not permitted by the State Department to carry live ammunition in a statement to Fox News Thursday.
Pentagon Lt. Col. Chris Hughes told the outlet: “The ambassador and RSO (Regional Security Officer) have been completely and appropriately engaged with the security situation. No restrictions on weapons or weapons status have been imposed. This information comes from the Det Commander at AMEMB (American Embassy) Cairo.”
The statement came in response to open-source reporting that U.S. Marines defending the American embassy in Egypt were not permitted by the State Department to carry live ammunition.
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Good job on parsing the Obama/Panetta weasel words.
Just as a side note...
Conservatives and most of the public have always had a trust of the military. I find it odd that we now see this BS and OBAMA’S generals out there doing everything to undermine that trust.
Gee...I wonder why.
This has been a (treasonous) top down policy for some time. That the ambassador made a unilateral decision on this is pure crapolla.
Our personnel in Bosnia were not allowed to carry loaded guns. They were told they could load their guns *after* they were fired upon. Fact. I got this from an Air Force non com who served 2 tours there.
It is sickening in how many places around the world the military is not allowed to be armed.
And for the record, the ROE haven’t been much better under Republican presidents for decades. The Dems just carry it to even more disgusting extremes.
My thought exactly. Here are the weasel words: “....not permitted by the State Department....”
The Marine blogs that broke this story DID NOT say that the STATE DEPARTMENT did not allow live ammo. They said that the bee-itch in charge of the embassy forbade it.
For all we know, Washington, DC knew nothing about the rules that were in effect over there on station......although it is no stretch whatever for me to believe that Shrillery would have denied the Marines live ammo, too.
Maybe so, but after they say that, I have a question:
“Then why aren’t there stacks of dead ragheads heaped up around those embassys and consulates?!”
another reason the pension system needs to be changed...too much of an excuse to be a good little dobbie and not rock the boat...
How many ragheads can 2 Marines waste before they run out of ammo? And where are the stacks of dead ragheads that MUST be the result, IF the Marines were armed and authorized to fire at will?!
The either wer NOT ARMED, or they were FORBIDDEN to actually FIRE their weapons. Any other version is a lie!
Hold on there, cowboy, if my Marines get their regular choices of weapons two is enough to stand off a whole passel of butt draggers. If I have a MK-19 for instance and my buddy has a SAW we OWN the neighborhood in question. It would be a nice touch if we could have an ammo humper but we’ll go with what’s available assuming we had the slightest warning.-————————Semper Fi
When this administration, the SOS and the POTUS tells one lie, we can’t believe anything any of them say.
When they cut the $800B from the Pentagon, I sure hope they cut the salaries of the left wing weenies who work there.
Taking ammo away from our military and embassy guards has been SOP’s under LBJ, Carter, Clintoon and now Obozo.
These left wing rectums have never cared about our military, our military men and women on the point, are put in danger everyday with left wing bs.
The left wing ROE’s have killed our men and women in Iraq and other hell holes since Obozo became our president.
Of course, those big ol' guns might so off and hurt someone.
Exactly! The weapon is pretty useless if the only rounds available are of the beanbag variety.
Bump
No reported dead Libyans. So that is all the proof I need. As far as I have read they have not identified the other 2 dead Americans. If they are Marines, the Obozo's POLs will have some explaining to do.
Yup, the old semantics trick.
Maybe they saw “Rules of Engagement”. I’m a monkey’s uncle if dear leader isn’t the real-life Bill Sokal.
You cannot believe anything that comes out of the federal government.
It is always nothing but self serving lies, half truths or Bill Clinton style parsing.
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