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RoyGBiv wrote:

williamkevin wrote:

ffemt300 wrote:Since when does an ambassador tell the Marines what to do?

The Marine detachment works for the ambassador.

Another forum post on this subject worth reading here...

http://pistol-forum.com/showthread.php? ... #post91399" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

AlphaWhiskey wrote:

I think the Obama administration needs a theme song.

From the Halls of Montezuma,
To the shores of Tripoli,
We will arm our country's enemies
And give them free money.

Last to fight for right and freedom
And first to fight for what's obscene.
Clinton, Holder and Obama?

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AlphaWhiskey wrote:Edit: This is where my thoughts begin I can't get the quote function to work as I would like it to.

I may be the first, and I don't think I will be the last. DO NOT, EVER bastardize the Marine's Hymn to promote your own political agenda or other general feeling. I don't give a (edit to succumb to forum rules) about you or your personal feelings. Unless you are a Marine yourself, you have absolutely ZERO right to try and bastardize MY hymn (or that of my brothers and sisters) to meld to your own political satire. Stand down immediately.

ffemt300 wrote:Since when does an ambassador tell the Marines what to do?

Dave2 wrote:

RoyGBiv wrote:Unconfirmed report that the US Ambassador to Egypt, Anne Patterson, did not allow Embassy Marine guards to carry live ammunition.

from: http://www.kforcegov.com/NightWatch/Nig ... 00175.aspx" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; ..... ~ half way down the page...

NightWatch Special Comment: Ambassador Anne Patterson's April Glaspie moment.
...............
Glaspie misunderstood and misjudged the Iraqi leadership and the situation in Iraq. Patterson's operations at the US Embassy in Cairo bespeak a comparable misjudgment of the Egyptian Arab situation, its volatility and the depth of anti-American sentiment.

She did not permit US Marine guards to carry live ammunition, according to USMC blogs. Thus she neutralized any US military capability that was dedicated to preserve her life and protect the US Embassy.

If that turns out to be true, she doesn't need to be our ambassador to anyone anymore.