{"id":9322,"date":"2012-09-13T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-09-13T20:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/savingtherepublic.com\/blog\/?p=9322"},"modified":"2012-09-13T13:00:00","modified_gmt":"2012-09-13T20:00:00","slug":"no-live-ammo-for-marines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/savingtherepublic.com\/blog\/2012\/09\/no-live-ammo-for-marines\/","title":{"rendered":"No Live Ammo for Marines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"cairo us embassy attack\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/a.abcnews.com\/images\/International\/ap_cairo_us_embassy_nt_120911_wg.jpg?resize=384%2C216\" alt=\"\" width=\"384\" height=\"216\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>What the hell are they suppose to use harsh language? This regime under Emperor Zero is systematically destroying the US inside and outside its borders. He is burning every bridge that took years even decades to build. Even with nations that are questionable, those relations helped keep regions stabilized. This Arab uprising and the formation of the caliphate we are literally witnessing is all his! It is on all of us to make sure history will reflect the truth, that Barack Obama&#8217;s policies set the world in motion for disaster.<br \/>\n&#8230;&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><strong>No Live Ammo for Marines<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/freebeacon.com\/reports-marines-not-permitted-live-ammo\/\">By Adam Kredo | Washington Free Beacon<\/a><\/p>\n<p>U.S. Marines defending the American embassy in Egypt were not permitted by the State Department to carry live ammunition, limiting their ability to respond to attacks like those this week on the U.S. consulate in Cairo.<\/p>\n<p>Ambassador to Egypt Anne Patterson \u00e2\u20ac\u0153did not permit U.S. Marine guards to carry live ammunition,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d according to multiple reports on U.S. Marine Corps blogs spotted by Nightwatch. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153She neutralized any U.S. military capability that was dedicated to preserve her life and protect the US Embassy.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>U.S. officials have yet to confirm or comment on the reports. Time magazine\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Battleland blog reported Thursday \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Senior U.S. officials late Wednesday declined to discuss in detail the security at either Cairo or Benghazi, so answers may be slow in coming.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>If true, the reports indicate that Patterson shirked her obligation to protect U.S. interests, Nightwatch states.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153She did not defend U.S. sovereign territory and betrayed her oath of office,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d the report states. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153She neutered the Marines posted to defend the embassy, trusting the Egyptians over the Marines.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>While Marines are typically relied on to defend U.S. territory abroad, such as embassies, these reports indicate that the Obama administration was relying on Egypt\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s new Muslim Brotherhood-backed government to ensure American security, a move observers are questioning as violence in Cairo continues to rage.<\/p>\n<p>Marc Toner, the State Department\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s deputy spokesperson, did not respond to a request for comment from the Free Beacon. White House National Security Council spokesperson Tommy Vietor also did not respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. ambassador to any nation ultimately decides whether Marines are authorized to carry ammunition, according to a GOP national security adviser knowledgeable about American embassy protocols.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153In the end, the ambassador of any country has the final call on what to do in a country,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d the source said. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The buck stops with you. You make every decision.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d <a href=\"http:\/\/freebeacon.com\/reports-marines-not-permitted-live-ammo\/\">&#8230;read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What the hell are they suppose to use harsh language? This regime under Emperor Zero is systematically destroying the US inside and outside its borders. He is burning every bridge that took years even decades&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[7077,3301,13573],"tags":[18571,60,2699,57,2107,2693,3235,18671,18672,18675,1800,15057,18674,1524,18673],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/savingtherepublic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9322"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/savingtherepublic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/savingtherepublic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/savingtherepublic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/savingtherepublic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9322"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/savingtherepublic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9322\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/savingtherepublic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/savingtherepublic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/savingtherepublic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}