A conversation allegedly conducted with one of those fine Marines was alluded to over at the uber-French site Daily Kos, in which the Marine admitted to being lost after driving up from Camp Pendleton.
That just goes to show you the depths to which those Frenchified liberals will stoop. The alleged conversation even has the Marine admitting that they tried to ask directions of the crowd! This was the fatal mistake of the alleged-conversation-alluder, revealing their "discussion" as a fraud. Because clearly, real men never get lost, let alone need to ask for directions, and even more clearly, all Marines are the most manly of real men.
Leslie in CA |
11.12.04 - 4:13 am | #
General, sir;
The actions of the military and those commanding the tanks is utterly reprehensible! Why they didn't open fire on those heathen, French-speaking protesters is beyond me! To simply circle the block and then scamper off like whimpering dogs with tails between their legs is not acceptable. We pay our good tax dollars for the ammunition in those tanks, and I expect it to be used when called for, like taking out the opposition. I say if a group of commie pinkos gathers to protest war, any war, fire a few howitzer rounds over their heads to show them the light of day! There are no atheists in foxholes, they say, although I'm not sure it's quite relevant in this case...
wry twinger |
11.12.04 - 9:15 am | #
Even with the intense coverage of the railroading of that poor Modesto Fertilizer Salesguy, that goddamn judge is doing his goddamnest to hang a 100% Not Guilty man. Nancy Grace get off my ass OOPS! errr... I meant get off that poor 100% Not Guilty Fertilizer Salesguy's ass.
Pete Scotterson |
11.12.04 - 9:37 am | #
Mr. General, sir,
When I was out and about this last friday evening cruising in my Bradley Fighting Vehicle (my tank was in the garage for a radiator flush) I became momentarily disoriented after leaving the pub. I too had to pull over and ask directions. Nothing wrong in that - I'm secure in my uber manliness. Would these Frenchies rather have us running around lost and using up all of our precious fuel?
It IS fotunate that our guys in LA just accidentally managed, in a town so large, to run into a group of folks that could be of assistance. What are the odds?
private jimmiraybob |
11.12.04 - 12:20 pm | #
The Army, alas, can't afford to buy road maps. Being concerned citizens, maybe we should all buy some road maps and send them to the Army.
Gary Kleppe |
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11.12.04 - 2:56 pm | #
General,
It's all just a misunderstanding. The thorough, patriotic men attached to the tank unit thought they were in Nazi Germany. They were so close to being right--we really shouldn't split hairs here. Fine, blonde German hairs.
[seriousness]Tuesday night I was returning home from the local Democratic Meetup. Driving north on I-5, about 15 miles north of Camp Pendleton, I noticed some odd-looking vehicles in front of me in the next lane. It was a caravan of armored military vehicles.
Having just come out of a Democratic meeting, the whole thing was pretty surreal. Any protesters who encountered a similar sight would have been justified in their paranoia. [/seriousness]
G. Jones |
11.12.04 - 3:28 pm | #
Dear General,
Pogo said, "We have met the Enemy, and he is us."
Certainly, you can't mean the brave troops in the tanks were the enemy?
Just because they were using the threat of force to intimidate a lawful assembly?
Permits used to be the rule for driving steel-tracked vehicles on the public highways. Seems those less than rubber treads do terrible damage to the road surface. Need permit to travel.
I feel sorry for those Marines. The jarheads never attack anything without first laying down a few thousand cluster bombs. Jumping the gun with two piddly wheeled LAV-25's must have been awfully embarassing for them.
sukabi -- the vehicles I saw had ordinary wheels, though they did have a resemblance to small tanks.
Living near a military base one does tend to see a certain amount of military equipment, but this was the first time since the other bases in the other area closed that I'd seen a mass of armored vehicles on the freeway. Kinda freaky.
G. Jones |
11.12.04 - 8:36 pm | #
Just so everyone knows (and doesn't panic too much), those were two USMC LAV-25's, the "LAV" meaning "Light Armored Vehicle", as in "wheeled and not tracked, armored but not a tank, infantry fighting vehicle but not an anti-tank vehicle".
In other words, those guys were prolly really lost, as opposed to trying to scare anyone. LAV-25's get used for infantry suppression, not crowd control.
And Marines suppress infantry with napalm, not two IFV's.
The city is Los Angeles. The tanks are clearly part of a new reality show based in part on the movie, "The Russians are Coming".
Coming this spring on Fox
The Americans are Coming!
Description: All across America, armored vehicles pull into town with no explanation. Follow the fun as local residents ponder why they are there and how to respond.
In episode 1, two armored vehicles happen on a lonely protest march...
In episode 2, our two armored vehicles block the main entrance to a university campus...
Susie Dow |
11.13.04 - 3:36 am | #
Yes, real men NEVER ask for directions, never admit they made a mistake and never ever ask a WOMAN for advice.
Period.
And demonstrators are, according to Jesus, girlie men so they certainly will not be asked for directions and who knows, they are really GAY and would assume a guy dressed butch asking directions really wants to fuck.
Elaine Supkis |
11.13.04 - 10:30 am | #
Sir,
I just want to reassure everyone that despite what some people are saying, Dear Vice Leader was in fact not wounded in this battle, and the new cardioverter we had installed is working just fine.
melior |
11.13.04 - 2:44 pm | #
I happen to know a Marine near L.A. (no, that is NOT the setup for a joke, believe it or not), and whether these goons were "lost" or not, frankly, the whole thing is altogether WAYYYYYYY too believable.
I'm just thankful that he is retired, or as the OOH-RAHs like to phrase it, "Non-Active" (since, of course, there's no such thing as "retired" to the Marines, and no such thing as an "ex-Marine.").
Marines... can't live with 'em, can't pick up their heavy asses to feed 'em to the woodchipper.
Anntichrist S. Coulter |
11.13.04 - 10:44 pm | #
Great Cthulhu, I will have you know that Marines do NOT suppress infantry with napalm. The word "napalm" is a dirty word since Vietnam. The correct term is "fuel-air explosive".
Yes, it still does pretty much the same thing, but hey, we gotta be politically correct, y'know!
- Badtux the Snarky Penguin
Badtux |
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11.14.04 - 2:20 am | #
Mr. General, Sir,
General, sir;
The Army, alas, can't afford to buy road maps. Being concerned citizens, maybe we should all buy some road maps and send them to the Army.
General,
I feel sorry for those Marines. The jarheads never attack anything without first laying down a few thousand cluster bombs. Jumping the gun with two piddly wheeled LAV-25's must have been awfully embarassing for them.
Yes, real men NEVER ask for directions, never admit they made a mistake and never ever ask a WOMAN for advice.
Sir,
I happen to know a Marine near L.A. (no, that is NOT the setup for a joke, believe it or not), and whether these goons were "lost" or not, frankly, the whole thing is altogether WAYYYYYYY too believable.
Great Cthulhu, I will have you know that Marines do NOT suppress infantry with napalm. The word "napalm" is a dirty word since Vietnam. The correct term is "fuel-air explosive".
