[politicalmerc]

The President needs to start traveling, at least in foreign countries (including visiting the UN), with a Marine Expeditionary Unit along for the trip (probably does that already), but also a fully loaded out platoon in close attendance. >>>>>>>>>

And I dare any Chiliean security scrum to put his hands on a Marine in uniform protecting the President like that.

[Wneighbor]

And I dare any Chiliean security scrum to put his hands on a Marine in uniform protecting the President like that.

I'd like to see any footage like that! LOL

[redhead]

"And I dare any Chiliean security scrum to put his hands on a Marine in uniform protecting the President like that."

The word "scrum" is an English idiom for "scrimmage," or the rough-and-tumble of Rugby. Bush played Rugby in college. Scrum is the pile of guys...

[TheCrusader]

"And I dare any Chiliean security scrum to put his hands on a Marine in uniform protecting the President like that."

The President's security team are probably made up of former Marines, Army Special Forces, SEALS and the like, and my guess is that they are amongst the best on the planet at hand-to-hand combat. But they're also specially trained in how to react in these situation, and a hot head could have proven to be disastrous. The last thing they wanted was a gunfight or donnybrook to break out with the President standy nearby.