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I read an article right after the Cole incident and in it they stated the guys were waving off the boat with the monkey terrorists in it.

I know when I was in the military, when I was given clear orders, I knew what was expected of me. If I was guarding a gate and someone tried to get close, I was to tell them to halt and ask for them to advance and give the password and then their id. If they refused, my options were to let them run away if they tried to flee, or shoot them if they continued to get closer.

The problem is the gunners didn't have bullets in their weapons, from what I read in the article. No matter what orders they were given, what are you going to do to enforce your commands if you don't have bullets in the guns to do something about those people who disobey your commands?