tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post5242479087354433304..comments2024-03-29T09:53:45.879-05:00Comments on Bayou Renaissance Man: Have the US Marine Corps leadership lost their collective spines?Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10595089829300831372noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-5927278486934369032013-02-11T16:54:55.881-06:002013-02-11T16:54:55.881-06:00I remember this happening when Clinton went to the...I remember this happening when Clinton went to the Day Day 50th anniversary and the troops that were there for the ceremony had the same thing happen to them including the officers that had their pistols*deactivated* and the regular troops had their bolts removed out of their M-16's. This caused a big stink with a lot of people. Something about democrats and troops I guess.MrGarabaldihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05768774166065615995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-27720522949556304422013-02-11T12:17:13.216-06:002013-02-11T12:17:13.216-06:00It's a Secret Service policy going back to at ...It's a Secret Service policy going back to at least the Vietnam era. I've seen reference to similar actions taking place during state visits to the troops over there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-7105776363949138432013-02-11T07:55:52.377-06:002013-02-11T07:55:52.377-06:00I'm a little annoyed at this, but it's not...I'm a little annoyed at this, but it's not exactly news. When then-president Bush visited Ft Bragg in '08, our bolts were removed for the duration of the affair, and I've heard of this being done intermittently at least as far back as the Clinton administration. It may be an insult, but it's an old and oft-repeated one.Aphaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14365660054244340375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-54537086705171482972013-02-11T01:38:52.891-06:002013-02-11T01:38:52.891-06:00Who needs the secret service? Obama has his Brown...Who needs the secret service? Obama has his Browning Citori skeet gun to keep him safe from those nasty Marines.Toejamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10848591976270307402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-42549077990407782182013-02-10T23:49:09.171-06:002013-02-10T23:49:09.171-06:00The sole reason is Nidal Malik Hasan, the 39-year-...The sole reason is Nidal Malik Hasan, the 39-year-old U.S. Army Major that served as a psychiatrist when he shot up a large group of people at Ft. Hood, killing 13 people and wounding 29 others.<br /><br />Now, if a Major in the Army was willing to do that in freaking Texas, You can just imagine the abject terror President-mommy-jeans felt when surrounded by the USMC in Washington DC.irontomflinthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14073509579686341819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-74446870176524610522013-02-10T23:44:31.900-06:002013-02-10T23:44:31.900-06:00There are people who insist that the military woul...There are people who insist that the military would <b>never</b> fire on American citizens, orders or not.<br /><br />This makes me wonder how many of them know when to follow orders and when not to. :(Wraithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02791730539181731523noreply@blogger.com