What's the point of having nukes if we don't use them?
BTW - I've been looking, and I haven't been able to tell if the Marines defending the embassies opened fire or not. What's the point of having Marines if we're not going to turn them loose?
Yeah I think a couple of glass paved self lit parking lots would be a real assett to those countrys! In a few years we could put up a Walmart and all would be good.
As I understand, the Marine Security Guards (MSG's) operate under the direction of the Embassy Security Officer (a State Dept staff employee) who of course reports to the Ambassador. I believe most Ambassadors - regardless of whether they are career diplomats or political appointees - would be extremely reluctant to order a maximum effort to repel an attack.
peaowed - I'll never be an ambassador (for obvious reasons) but if I was and a bloodthirsty mob of uncivilized camel-fucking savages was charging my embassy I'd not only tell the Marines to open fire, I'd be up on the wall with them sending as many rounds downrange as I could.
kerrcarto- I was going to throw down an angry, vitriol-laced post about this, but I think you covered my sentiment with your picture and glass dust comment. That's all that needs to be said about what needs to be done to these 7th Century, subhuman motherfuckers!
My ex, who worked in Cairo for several years up until about 2009, still has buddies there, said that the Cairo embassy has about 30 Marines and the armed mob overwhelmingly outnumbered them. He said that they had some advance warning and had evacuated most staff. He hasn't been able to get through to anyone since yesterday, though. People don't realize how many Americans - defense contractors and consulate personnel - are living there.
The scuttlebut from a supposed Marines Blog says they were refused ammo by the Ambassador in Cairo. Left it up to the Libyn soldiers to keep them safe. Yeah, we've seen how that works in the sandbox, no?
Also, the Cairo embassy is a fortress, built as an embassy, the other where the Ambassador died, not so much.
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Well ya see, Norm, it's like this.... A herd of buffalo can only move as fast as the slowest buffalo. And when the herd is hunted, it is the slowest and weakest ones at the back that are killed first. This natural selection is good for the herd as a whole, because the general speed and health of the whole group keeps improving by the regular killing of the weakest members. In much the same way, the human brain can only operate as fast as the slowest brain cells. Excessive intake of alcohol, as we know, kills brain cells. But naturally, it attacks the slowest and weakest brain cells first. In this way, regular consumption of beer eliminates the weaker brain cells, making the brain a faster and more efficient machine. That's why you always feel smarter after a few beers.
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Our Lager which art in barrels Swallowed be thy drink At home, as it is in the tavern Forgive our spillages As we forgive those who spill against us Lead us not into incarceration But deliver us from hangover For thine is the beer, the bitter and the barley. Barmen ~The Beer's Prayer
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That's the problem with drinking, I thought, as I poured myself a drink…If something bad happens you drink in an attempt to forget; if something good happens you drink to celebrate; and if nothing happens you drink to make something happen. - Charles Bukowski
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What's the point of having nukes if we don't use them?
BTW - I've been looking, and I haven't been able to tell if the Marines defending the embassies opened fire or not. What's the point of having Marines if we're not going to turn them loose?
Yeah I think a couple of glass paved self lit parking lots would be a real assett to those countrys! In a few years we could put up a Walmart and all would be good.
CenTex, from what I read the Libyans were guarding the embassy and pointed the way to our embassador's "safe" spot.
I don't know about Cairo. But I would imagine it was not much different.
As I understand, the Marine Security Guards (MSG's) operate under the direction of the Embassy Security Officer (a State Dept staff employee) who of course reports to the Ambassador. I believe most Ambassadors - regardless of whether they are career diplomats or political appointees - would be extremely reluctant to order a maximum effort to repel an attack.
"...the Libyans were guarding the embassy..."
Is that like the fox guarding the henhouse?
peaowed - I'll never be an ambassador (for obvious reasons) but if I was and a bloodthirsty mob of uncivilized camel-fucking savages was charging my embassy I'd not only tell the Marines to open fire, I'd be up on the wall with them sending as many rounds downrange as I could.
I like Mark's parking lot -> WalMart idea.
kerrcarto-
I was going to throw down an angry, vitriol-laced post about this, but I think you covered my sentiment with your picture and glass dust comment. That's all that needs to be said about what needs to be done to these 7th Century, subhuman motherfuckers!
Boom!!! End of story...
My ex, who worked in Cairo for several years up until about 2009, still has buddies there, said that the Cairo embassy has about 30 Marines and the armed mob overwhelmingly outnumbered them. He said that they had some advance warning and had evacuated most staff. He hasn't been able to get through to anyone since yesterday, though. People don't realize how many Americans - defense contractors and consulate personnel - are living there.
The scuttlebut from a supposed Marines Blog says they were refused ammo by the Ambassador in Cairo. Left it up to the Libyn soldiers to keep them safe. Yeah, we've seen how that works in the sandbox, no?
Also, the Cairo embassy is a fortress, built as an embassy, the other where the Ambassador died, not so much.
Evacuate and evaporate. Now you are crapblogging again.
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