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Two Marine generals fired in wake of brazen Taliban attack on Camp Bastion
Stars and Stripes ^ | 9/30/2013 | Chris Carroll

Posted on 09/30/2013 6:52:24 PM PDT by markomalley

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1 posted on 09/30/2013 6:52:24 PM PDT by markomalley
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To: markomalley

The Commander-in-Chief should be fired.


2 posted on 09/30/2013 6:53:30 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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To: markomalley

I’m stunned .... one of the first times that there hasn’t been a coverup .... but then again, it was the real military and not flagpole generals or State Dept. wienies.


3 posted on 09/30/2013 6:56:19 PM PDT by RetiredTexasVet (A civilian forece funded and equal to the military ... Obama/DHS & Hitler/Gestapo & Stalin/KGB)
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To: markomalley
How about:

Having Marines guard your post

Not having generals in charge of base defense

guarded by Tongan troops.

4 posted on 09/30/2013 6:57:06 PM PDT by 2banana (My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
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To: markomalley

Why am I thinking there’s a story here about the Rules of Engagement?


5 posted on 09/30/2013 6:59:36 PM PDT by T-Bird45 (It feels like the seventies, and it shouldn't.)
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To: markomalley

Considering the ROE in place in Afghanistan I’m surprised the Generals were able to limit the damage.


6 posted on 09/30/2013 7:00:14 PM PDT by saganite (What happens to taglines? Is there a termination date?)
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To: markomalley

“In the final analysis, every Marine is a rifleman and every Marine commander must properly position his command and his Marines to both successfully accomplish the mission and defend itself in any clime and place,”

Too bad they don’t give them any bullets.


7 posted on 09/30/2013 7:00:45 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (The monsters are due on Maple Street)
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To: markomalley
Amos asked for both generals’ resignations, to which they have agreed.

And so the purge continues...

8 posted on 09/30/2013 7:02:26 PM PDT by bayliving
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To: markomalley

So, How many Generals have been let go by Dear Leader? Hmm
Very interesting, regardless of the excuse.


9 posted on 09/30/2013 7:05:32 PM PDT by luv2ndamend (Same party, different letter)
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To: markomalley

Amos’s suitability as CMC is suspect. Being appointed to the position by a Communist is reason enough to have doubts. His total rollover on queers in the Corps seals the deal.


10 posted on 09/30/2013 7:06:52 PM PDT by clintonh8r (Don't twerk me, Bro!)
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To: markomalley

Apparently these guys were set up by obama cutting their personnel back to the bone


11 posted on 09/30/2013 7:07:24 PM PDT by yldstrk (My heroes have always been cowboys)
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Amos should fire himself , he’s worthless

I miss Jim Conway . Not there was a real Marine !


12 posted on 09/30/2013 7:07:34 PM PDT by LeoWindhorse
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I don’t mind this crop of wussified Generals being held to the fire. BUT, if these same Generals would have aggressively ran security patrols outside the perimeter, had they banned any moslems from being inside the wire, had they done the things that would have protected them,,, they would have been fired.

But never forget, these modern Generals found time to indoctrinate troops in the field on how to accept homos. They found time to make sure latrines didn’t face mecca. They found out who were the Marines pissing on dead Taliban. They have time for investigating Marines who protect their perimeter.


13 posted on 09/30/2013 7:07:41 PM PDT by DesertRhino (I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office.)
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To: RetiredTexasVet

You shouldn’t be stunned. There is still a coverup going on here. The commandant picked out a couple of scape goats. The air component commander is responsible for providing up aircraft and aircrew to support ground units. Here he is being relieved of command for an attack on a base where he had no say in the defensive posture or who was defending the base.


15 posted on 09/30/2013 7:15:25 PM PDT by USNBandit (sarcasm engaged at all times)
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Dead Pool update

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16 posted on 09/30/2013 7:16:19 PM PDT by Nachum (I am Breitbartacus!)
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To: markomalley

Good, now that these two aren’t restricted from speaking under nondisclosure agreements they can talk all they want to Daryl Issa or any other GOP Congressman who will listen. The Camp Bastion story was virtually ignored by the media. SIX Harrier jets were destroyed. Unbelievable we couldn’t stop that many from getting hit.


17 posted on 09/30/2013 7:18:02 PM PDT by Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America (If Americans were as concerned for their country as Egyptians are, Obama would be ousted!)
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“The forced retirement of Maj. Gen. Charles M. Gurganus and Maj. Gen. Gregg A. Sturdevant comes more than a year after the attack that killed two Marines, Sgt. Bradley Atwell and Lt. Col. Christopher Raible. The attackers also wounded eight and destroyed six Harrier jets during the assault on Sept. 14-15, 2012.”

Incompetence cost the lives of Americans and there should be consequences, Having said that I will repeat my comment on an earlier post : And on Benghazi we hear......crickets.


18 posted on 09/30/2013 7:22:48 PM PDT by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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To: ghannonf18

The entire JCS should have resigned by now.


19 posted on 09/30/2013 7:34:59 PM PDT by clintonh8r (Don't twerk me, Bro!)
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To: markomalley

Fired for breathing while hetero...


20 posted on 09/30/2013 7:45:33 PM PDT by Caipirabob (Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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