I hope the Marines on the ground are familiar with the story of Rocky Sickmann. He was a young Marine at the embassy in Tehran when it was overrun. I heard an interview with him a few years ago. He stated that he was armed with a shotgun when the radical stormed through the doors, and he followed orders to not shoot. He feels that his (and his fellow Marines) failure to shoot was ultimately what forged the image of the US as a paper tiger in the islamic world, and extrapolated that the lack of any response in Tehran is what ultimately led to 9/11.
In the interview I heard, Sickmann said he would trade everything, his kids, grandkids, career, etc. to be able to go back to that day and pull the trigger.
Why aren't the “visitors” being flayed with automatic and semi-automatic until more backup can be found.
They are breaching American soil....you breech the Embassy, we shoot you.
Case closed, for now....