[jagusafr]

What unmitigated bullshit. Just lost all the little bit of respect I had for this political animal.

[Terry Mross]

I guess he’s figuring some soldier might NOT lose it and .....

[Buckeye McFrog]

I knew a guy who fought in WW II in the South Pacific.
They were all disarmed an hour before MacArthur mysteriously showed up.

[Izzy Dunne]

If I were meeting with US forces in Afghanistan, I would order them to bring their weapons with them.

[shove_it]

Thanks Panetta for admitting that you are an enemy of the troops. A group fart in his direction would be in order.

[silverleaf]

I guess Leon feels generally safe with his own military and generally proud of their combat performance

[combat_boots]

Whatsamatter Panetta? Cowardice from SecDef in vogue these days?

[haircutter]

He (Penn-eta) like B.Hussein Obama is in ‘way over his head’

He never gave me the feeling that he knew what he was doing or saying..

[DManA]

I hope it’s ok to link to a NYT story.

[Iron Munro]

Panetta might not be as stupid as he acts.

[RitchieAprile]

Its SOP. Noone gets near a Cabinet officer with a weapon
without the required clearance. No need to foam at the mouth over this.

[IbJensen]

Jackass!

Total regime change come 2013!

[davisfh]

I’ve worried that since this incident with the murder of the civilians they may order these guys to turn-in their weapons during “downtime” and leave them defenseless during the nighttime. That would be a bad move and might result in the massacre of untold numbers of GIs.

[Gaffer]

This shows you that our leadership does not trust its own military. This shows you that our leadership is afraid of our military. This shows you that our military does not trust our leadership.

This heartens me. It means when push comes to shove and Obama has to impose Martial Law to maintain his despotry, he will have to rely on LEOs from Urban areas, civilian enforcement agencies that have been corrupted from the leadership downwards (DOJ, DHS, AFT, FBI, CIA, etc.).

Frankly, there just aren’t enough of them. If Obama isn’t able to form his “civilian defense force - as well funded as well equipped and as well armed as our military [sound familiar?]” , he can’t enforce his final solution. ANGs, Reserve and active military may begin to obey, but they will stop at some point.

[OrioleFan]

Panetta must have gotten the Napolitano DHS briefing before he left - the one that said members of the military were terrorists.

[jacknhoo]

Pannetta is a communist - his fear of attacks on his person are most likely justified and rational...he is actively attempting to undermine American and Israeli interests throughout the world. I see him as being a prime target of freedom loving Americans and Israelis.

[crosshairs]

It’s an underhanded insult to our military. Mr. Middle Finger _resident probably told him to do/say this.

[Bitsy]

Maybe he thought he was on a base in Washington state?

[Tamar1973]

This reminds me a story my late uncle told me. He was an Army MP in Thailand during the Vietnam war. He told me when President LBJ visited their base, the MP’s were all given unloaded guns to pose with while he was speaking to the troops. Only the Secret Service were allowed to be armed in LBJ’s presence.

[ChildOfThe60s]

Speaks volumes to anyone with 1/2 a brain........