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Soldiers asked to disarm during Leon Panetta speech in Afghanistan
the telegraph ^

Posted on 03/15/2012 3:41:01 AM PDT by Einherjar

Soldiers asked to disarm during Leon Panetta speech

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To: Einherjar
Asked???

Win the Future did they start asking soldiers?

21 posted on 03/15/2012 6:11:55 AM PDT by rawcatslyentist (Mohammedan law every woman must belong to a man will delay the end of slavery until Islam has ceased)
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To: GoldenPup
Even Chavez and Castro feel free to be in the presence of armed men.

Of course they run hard core Marxists dictatorships.

Panetta, in contrast, is just a punk.

22 posted on 03/15/2012 6:15:08 AM PDT by muawiyah
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To: Einherjar

A man afraid of this own troops, for any reason, is not the man to lead the troops.


23 posted on 03/15/2012 6:19:15 AM PDT by A Strict Constructionist (We're an Oligrachy...Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God. Thomas Jefferson)
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To: elcid1970
I remember that. Odd that leftist CIC's and their subalterns demand safety from the freemen sworn to uphold the Constitution and obedience to their CIC.
24 posted on 03/15/2012 6:53:32 AM PDT by WorkingClassFilth (I'm for Churchill in 1940!)
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To: Einherjar

This is the topic of a thread at Hot Air and a poster recommended anyone who wants vet feedback to go to Free Republic because the vets are legit here...
amen to that!


25 posted on 03/15/2012 7:23:11 AM PDT by matginzac
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To: Einherjar

“I dont know about the rest of you, but being surrounded by a group of armed Marines is the safest feeling in the world.”

You got that right.


26 posted on 03/15/2012 7:27:22 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: Einherjar

Imagine what would have happened if some Afghan soldiers came in and started shooting.


27 posted on 03/15/2012 7:41:46 AM PDT by SkyDancer (Talent Without Ambition Is Sad - Ambition Without Talent Is Worse)
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To: muawiyah
Panetta, in contrast, is just a punk

And a HACK...sorry for insult to all punks and hacks.

28 posted on 03/15/2012 8:32:42 AM PDT by GoldenPup
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To: SkyDancer
Imagine what would have happened if some Afghan soldiers came in and started shooting.

No big deal..."O" would just have to find another "Lackey" to fill the slot. Lot of them in D.C., so it wouldn't be hard.

29 posted on 03/15/2012 8:37:09 AM PDT by GoldenPup
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To: Einherjar
Leon Panetta is doing as Barack Obama wishes, disarming our Marines on the enemies soil.....it doesn't matter for how long it matters that the request was made at all. Major General Mark Gurganus later said he gave the order because Afghan troops attending the talk were unarmed and he wanted the policy to be consistent for all. The General is not being truthful, he is playing politics. (attack on Panetta's plane) ....and our Marines were asked to lay down their arms?
30 posted on 03/15/2012 9:41:55 AM PDT by yoe
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To: Einherjar
They did not want to take a chance of one of our Afghan “friends” taking a shot at the secretary so they disarmed everybody....
31 posted on 03/15/2012 9:50:44 AM PDT by montanajoe
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To: PowderMonkey

These soldiers look like they would rather be eating a bar of soap rather than escorting Panchetta around.


32 posted on 03/15/2012 4:47:38 PM PDT by capydick (''Life's tough.......it's even tougher if you're stupid.'')
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To: Einherjar

I’m surprised the spineless Panetta even showed his face.


33 posted on 11/11/2012 10:47:20 PM PST by Dapper 26
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