[Psycho_Bunny]

I have trouble believing that this is authentic.

[CJ Wolf]

WOW!

[Rokke]

Got to love the Marine Corps. Only 2600 protestors? They would have needed 3 times that number to overwhelm the 5 Marines. And I'm glad the Bahrain government is going to replace the damaged vehicles. Despite the occassional blustering in public, Bahrain is a friend in the Middle East.

[Shermy]

If true, one should ask the marine if he saw the yellow flags of Hezbollah. Bahrain govt. scared of pissing them off too.

[X-USAF]

It would be interesting to hear any comments the Pentagon might have about this incident, if only to confirm the story.

[WesternPacific]

Just another reason Marines are put on this Earth.

[afraidfortherepublic]

I just heard Rob Soubhani, Georgetown prof, say on FNC this morning how much they loved us and support us in Bahrain.

[gwynapnudd]

Five Marines taking on three thousand Arab fanatics? That is overkill on the part of the emabassy. Report this excessive use of manpower to the Commandant immediatly!

Semper Fi.

[Thud]

Please email your opinion to me.

[Grampa Dave]

Now we know why Marines guard our embassies instead of us squids, fly boys and ground pounders.

A friend of mine was a Navy MD and went to Nam. He later told me about how he was operating on wounded marines and army soldiers in a MASH type of a situation, when Charlies started to slip into the camp and began firing and throwing grenades.

The wounded Marines who were not under anesthesia got their weapons and hobbled out or crawled out of the OR tent and the little recovery tent. Then, they took care of the Charlies and came back for their surgery or back to the recovery tent.

My friend was amazed. The young marines were concerned about his safety, his nurses and corpmen, and they did not feel that they did anything special. They were just being Marines and doing what had to be done.

[Dr. Frank fan]

As far as I can tell, this is a fiction essentially lifted from, maybe even originally designed to promote, the plot of the film The Rules of Engagement. All he left out is the part where Samuel L. Jackson's controversial leadership skills had been tested back in Vietnam when he saved Tommy Lee Jones by cold-bloodedly executing a Viet Cong prisoner.

The author of this piece ought to show some originality.

[Beach_Babe]

Larry, I'm sorry about the flack you are receiving over this.

Folks, I'm the one that asked LarryLied to post this. For some reason I am unable to post anything of length. Maybe it's because I use a dial-up modem, maybe it's AOL's fault..I'm too computer illerate to know. I believe it took 5 or 6 messages to give him the entire text. I chose him because he had another thread about this incident.

I received the email today from a friend who is a retired Air Force officer. He added this:

"Below Message is from Bill Henderson ex Marine and still in contact with people in the Marine Corps. Because it is from Bill I am passing it on as likely true and not just more internet crap.
...don't know when or if this will make the news...but thought you might find interesting

con't.

[Frances_Marion]

Sounds like the Iranian mullah-mafia stirring up trouble again. We needed a few of those marines in Tehran back in 79...

[Phil V.]

thanks for the ping. authentic?

[The KG9 Kid]

Bah... back in MY days in the Corps, it was only *two* of us that held off TEN-thousand screaming Jihadis.

[Samwise]

I guess the saying is true.

All it takes is a few good marines.