[luvbach1]

I have trouble believing that this is authentic. Why?

[Psycho_Bunny]

My father was a Marine F-4 driver. I've spent a lot of time around Marines up to and including being drummed out of the Corps myself (during boot camp so I can't claim to have ever even pretended to be a Marine).

To me, based on being around Marines my whole life, the text just doesn't sound right. That could just be the author though.

But there are other reasons...mostly mentioned on this thread. The biggest reason I don't believe it is that he would have had to have written this immediately after the action...such an email is a massive breach of protocol. I don't see a competent Marine, trained to guard an embassy in a hot country being this foolish.