Not to worry, this guy is in charge of determining the rules of engagement. God help those Marines.
OUR MAN in Libya makes sense to me.
Black Hawk Down Part 2. The Marines edition.
Stay safe Devil Dogs.
“Libya Collapsing” sounds like “My 1974 Plymouth Duster with 450,000 miles on it broke down”.
American troops are to be committed ONLY to places in which America’s security is at stake.
We have no dog in this fight.
But, then, when you’ve got an African moron for your president, you can expect promiscuous African involvements.
NO BLOOD FOR OIL!
ONLY THE THREAT OF WMD’S JUSTIFY MILITARY ACTION!
WHERE’S THE OUTCRY FROM THE DEMS ON THIS ONE?
Not to worry, this guy is in charge of determining the rules of engagement. God help those Marines.
Talk about your irony. Remember this? Guess those amphibious vehicles are needed after all. (Don’t count of any of the idiot suits in charge to get it.)
5/3/10
“Gates wary of Marines’ amphibious vehicle spending”
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January 17,2011
“Gates Challenges Marine Corps’ Mission”
“The Marine Corps is facing a historic defeat at the hands of Defense Secretary Roberts Gates, and hardly anyone inside or outside the Corps seems to grasp what is happening. On January 6, Gates disclosed a series of proposed budget cuts that included termination of an amphibious vehicle the Marines have been developing for 15 years. He said the vehicle cost too much — around $17 million per copy — and that the service therefore should extend the life of existing amphibious vehicles while searching for a more affordable replacement...”
“...It’s about the cost of the whole “forcible entry” mission at the heart of the modern Marine Corps identity, and the desire of competing claimants on the Pentagon’s budget to use that money for other purposes.”
http://blogs.forbes.com/beltway/2011/01/17/gates-challenges-marine-corps-mission/
So we’re going to put U.S. troops directly into an actual foreign civil war? This smells real bad.
1. inflation, CHECK
2. high unemployment, CHECK
3. mounting energy crisis, CHECK
4. appeals for “sacrifice”, CHECK
5. worries of an out-of touch leader, CHECK
6. malaise, CHECK
7. Desert 1 boondoggle, TO BE ANNOUNCED
No doubt the media will be all over this Obama decision! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Funny, I was thinking the same thing about Obama.
LOL> Where is code pink? What about Hussein’s promise not to interfere in another nation’s affairs?
Cue the network outrage. LOL.
I hope our Marines are safe—and I hope Hussein’s hypocrisy causes him the plummet in popularity and support he so richly deserves.
I don’t know the whole story but at face value this sounds foolish. I venture to say “idiotic”. But who knows. Maybe al-Qaeda has taken up new digs.
And the anti-war protesters of the Bush years, where are they now that they're needed?
USS Kearsarge
...so are we backing the dictator or the al Queda cells or what?
It’s hard to say in Obamaland.....
I don't understand. I thought we chartered a Ferry (!) last week.
ML/NJ
So where were these jackwagons (Hitlery, Obama, etc.) when another dictator was killing his people (Saddaam)?