Posted on 10/12/2001 11:42:57 AM PDT by Colt .45
Subject: Love those Marines
Marine Corps General Reinwald was interviewed on the radio the other day and you have to read his reply to the lady who interviewed him concerning guns and children. Regardless of how you feel about gun laws, you gotta love this!!!!
This is one of the best comeback lines of all time. It is a portion of a National Public Radio (NPR) interview between a female broadcaster and US Marine Corps General Reinwald who was about to sponsor a Boy Scout Troop visiting his military installation.
FEMALE INTERVIEWER: So, General Reinwald, what things are you going to teach these young boys when they visit your base?
GENERAL REINWALD: We're going to teach them climbing, canoeing, archery, and shooting.
FEMALE INTERVIEWER: Shooting! That's a bit irresponsible, isn't it?
GENERAL REINWALD: I don't see why, they'll be properly supervised on the rifle range.
FEMALE INTERVIEWER: Don't you admit that this is a terribly dangerous activity to be teaching children?
GENERAL REINWALD: I don't see how. We will be teaching them proper rifle discipline before they even touch a firearm.
FEMALE INTERVIEWER: But you're equipping them to become violent killers!!
GENERAL REINWALD: Well, you're equipped to be a prostitute, but you're not one, are you?
The radio went silent and the interview ended. All over America, people were thinking: Semper Fi, Marine!!
If I remember correctly, this dialogue never took place with anyone on NPR.
Make that "Bogus Golden Oldies"..
But a good story anyway.
Remember it and use it when you get a chance with a news twit.
Ma~Bear
First Lieutenant Clifton B. Cates, USMC, 96th Co., Soissons, 19 July 1918
I have only two out of my company and 20 out of some other company. We need support, but it is almost suicide to try to get it here as we are swept by machine gun fire and a constant barrage is on us. I have no one on my left and only a few on my right. I will hold.
(Attributed to several World War I Marine Corps officers, Belleau Wood, June 1918
Retreat Hell! We've just got here!
LIEUTENANT GENERAL LEWIS B. PULLER, USMC
All right, they're on our left, they're on our right, they're in front of us, they're behind us...they can't get away this time
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