Marines told to disarm before Panetta speech

[Give me liberty]

Marines told to disarm before Panetta speech
http://security.blogs.cnn.com/2012/03/14/marines-told-to-disarm-before-panetta-speech/?hpt=hp_t3


U.S. Marines waiting for Defense Secretary Leon Panetta to speak at Camp Leatherneck in Afghanistan Wednesday were ordered to leave the room and place their weapons outside.

The request, relayed by Sgt. Maj. Brandon Hall, was unusual because it's not customary to disarm for a defense secretary visit, but the Marines did as they were told. About two dozen unarmed Afghan soldiers also were in attendance.



"Somebody got itchy, that's all I've got to say. Somebody got itchy; we just adjust


Well this isn't looking good is it? since when was it did this happen? i guess when Clinton was president when back then that this happened, but this in Afghanistan.

Is quite surprising.

So what you make of this?

[Tudo]

What to make out of it? Simple, you do what we tell you to do and that's it.

[wjh]

In Kansas these are "gun free zones". Businesses are allowed to post a "gun buster" sign telling everyone that no one inside is armed. I find it comical that he is now afraid of the military he leads. On second thought, it's kind of sad.

WJH

[wrestlingwes_8]

Panetta knows he is engaging in open treason now after the Congress hearing the other day. Looks like his is protecting his own ass :D

[mport1]

Can we just disarm them all the time?

[sailingaway]

He didn't want to risk their reaction when he said international approval is more important than Congressional approval for when the US Military should invade a country?

[matt0611]

"Marines, in a tent waiting to acclaim Leon Panetta on his visit to Afghanistan, were ordered to disarm before he would show up. Afghan soldiers have never been allowed to carry weapons on such occasions. Now, like the Soviets at the end of their empire, American officials are afraid that their own troops may take them out."

via Lew Rockwell

[Anti Federalist]

"Marines, in a tent waiting to acclaim Leon Panetta on his visit to Afghanistan, were ordered to disarm before he would show up. Afghan soldiers have never been allowed to carry weapons on such occasions. Now, like the Soviets at the end of their empire, American officials are afraid that their own troops may take them out."

via Lew Rockwell

And they have the nerve to call us sheep:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qb_mhiRJBcc

[Yieu]

Panetta knows he is engaging in open treason now after the Congress hearing the other day. Looks like his is protecting his own ass :D

This is my thought, too.

[Tyler_Durden]

We never disarmed for VIP's when I was in the Corp....

[flightlesskiwi]

Panetta knows he is engaging in open treason now after the Congress hearing the other day. Looks like his is protecting his own ass :D

at the risk of sounding disrespectful:

paycheck = obedience.

sorry, ya'll. when the cash flow stops, then... just maybe... maybe....

[FrancisMarion]

"Gun Control" enforcement for the armed services in a war theater. This boggles me. Not sure what to make of it yet. Has this ever been customary?

[PolicyReader]

Yep this gets shared

[Tudo]

May the checks stop immediately then

In Southern, it's y'all btw. :)

[heavenlyboy34]

And they have the nerve to call us sheep:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qb_mhiRJBcc
Interesting-a guy who follows orders for a living calling other people sheep. ;)

[QuickZ06]

That General would have looked real stupid if a motor attack happened and they hit the huge pile of weapons they stacked in perfect groups so close together, then having a battalion of unarmed Marines running around.

Like others have said, it seems the elite is having trouble trusting their sheep.

[Lisa100]

This news story is major, that's all I can say. Spread it to others.

[Root]

This makes me very uncomfortable.

[thoughtomator]

maybe my tweeting had a role in getting this story out, I pointed this part out (the disarmed troops) - which was not emphasized in the story at all, but buried many paragraphs deep - when I first read the story, and an hour later it's the featured headline on Drudge and elsewhere

[Pericles]

"Gun Control" enforcement for the armed services in a war theater. This boggles me. Not sure what to make of it yet. Has this ever been customary?

Frequently in the last 50 years. There were "red block" zones in Vietnam (instead of a magazine in weapons, painted red wood blocks were inserted in the magazine wells, so everyone knew the weapon was safe).

[Marenco]

Looks like someone is afraid. :rolleyes:

[ExPatPaki]

Frequently in the last 50 years. There were "red block" zones in Vietnam (instead of a magazine in weapons, painted red wood blocks were inserted in the magazine wells, so everyone knew the weapon was safe).

So the media, as usual, is just being ignorant when they call this move, "highly unusual"?

[klamath]

It is no secret that the morale and belief in the mission is very low. When that condition exists weaker troops break and breaking when the sec of defence in in the room might not be a good thing for the administration in power.

[seraphson]

at the risk of sounding disrespectful:

paycheck = obedience.

sorry, ya'll. when the cash flow stops, then... just maybe... maybe....

And therin lies a subtle catch-22. The government will always have the "money" to pay for soldiers. At the rate we're going I think the military will account for half of the jobs out there.

[bultza]

fragging returns?

[Brian4Liberty]

"Gun Control" enforcement for the armed services in a war theater.

This is the essence of gun control. The elite want to disarm everyone except for themselves and their own private security. They don't like it, but it is necessary to train and arm some mundanes so that they can "Police" the masses. But in the presence of the elite, even the Police must be disarmed.

[Pericles]

This is the essence of gun control. The elite want to disarm everyone except for themselves and their own private security. They don't like it, but it is necessary to train and arm some mundanes so that they can "Police" the masses. But in the presence of the elite, even the Police must be disarmed.

That is the message to take away from this.

[AFPVet]

This is the essence of gun control. The elite want to disarm everyone except for themselves and their own private security. They don't like it, but it is necessary to train and arm some mundanes so that they can "Police" the masses. But in the presence of the elite, even the Police must be disarmed.

This!

[Athan]

...THAT's how you know he made a serious **** up.