MotherFUCK! Panetta visits sandy shithole

johno · Post by **johno** » Thu Mar 15, 2012 1:18 am

In a sign of the nervousness surrounding the trip, a sergeant major abruptly told the Marines gathered to hear Mr. Panetta in a tent at Camp Leatherneck to get up, place their M-16 and M-4 automatic rifles and 9-millimeter pistols outside, and return unarmed. The sergeant major, Brandon Hall, told reporters that he was acting on orders.

“All I know is I was told to get the weapons out,” he said. Asked why, he replied: “Somebody got itchy — that’s all I’ve got to say. Somebody got itchy. We just adjust.”

Normally, American forces in Afghanistan keep their weapons when the defense secretary visits and speaks to them. The Afghans in the tent had not been armed to begin with, as is typical.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/15/world ... ml?_r=2&hp

Fat Cat · Post by **Fat Cat** » Thu Mar 15, 2012 1:40 am

So what?

johno · Post by **johno** » Thu Mar 15, 2012 1:48 am

Whether we stay or go, morale is critical. This change sends the message: We don't trust you.

Fat Cat · Post by **Fat Cat** » Thu Mar 15, 2012 1:49 am

Ah yes, the politics of indignation. Good luck with that.

Zombomatic · Post by **Zombomatic** » Thu Mar 15, 2012 2:12 am

We already know they don't trust us. They've been implementing things for years that show it....one new idea is to have random breathalyzers along with the random urinalysis tests. Fucking ridiculous.

Shafpocalypse Now · Post by **Shafpocalypse Now** » Thu Mar 15, 2012 2:40 am

No shit, it's called soldiering, not choirboying.

johno · Post by **johno** » Thu Mar 15, 2012 4:35 am

A soldier you won't trust with a gun may as well be a choirboy.

Yes, I'm drunk · Post by **Yes, I'm drunk** » Thu Mar 15, 2012 4:43 am

johno wrote:A soldier you won't trust with a gun may as well be a choirboy.

True, but the calculus of risk always changes when high-value targets are concerned. It maybe antithetical to honest and true American values, but Leon Panetta is far more important than a whole battalion of regular soldiers, unfortunately.....

Fat Cat · Post by **Fat Cat** » Thu Mar 15, 2012 7:08 am

No, he's not more important unless you're utterly without a compass on this little planet.

TerryB · Post by **TerryB** » Thu Mar 15, 2012 3:23 pm

I was less concerned with this than I was with a guy like Leon Panetta being called the "Secretary of Defense" and talking to the soldiers about how "war is hell."

Andy83 · Post by **Andy83** » Thu Mar 15, 2012 4:04 pm

protobuilder wrote:I was less concerned with this than I was with a guy like Leon Panetta being called the "Secretary of Defense" and talking to the soldiers about how "war is hell."

And a phony Commander In Chief who was never even a Boy Scout let alone any military experience whatsoever.

Yes, I'm drunk · Post by **Yes, I'm drunk** » Thu Mar 15, 2012 4:05 pm

Fat Cat wrote:No, he's not more important unless you're utterly without a compass on this little planet.

The facts speak for themselves.....

TerryB · Post by **TerryB** » Thu Mar 15, 2012 4:09 pm

Yes, I'm drunk wrote:
Fat Cat wrote:No, he's not more important unless you're utterly without a compass on this little planet.
The facts speak for themselves.....

which facts?

Yes, I'm drunk · Post by **Yes, I'm drunk** » Thu Mar 15, 2012 4:18 pm

protobuilder wrote:
Yes, I'm drunk wrote:
Fat Cat wrote:No, he's not more important unless you're utterly without a compass on this little planet.
The facts speak for themselves.....
which facts?

The ones reported in johnos link above. You'll need to click it and have a read of it.....

TerryB · Post by **TerryB** » Thu Mar 15, 2012 4:25 pm

i dont click links

Fat Cat · Post by **Fat Cat** » Thu Mar 15, 2012 8:07 pm

i don't lick chinks

TerryB · Post by **TerryB** » Thu Mar 15, 2012 8:08 pm

Fat Cat wrote:i don't lick chinks

that shit is played out, playa

IGX

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