Hmmm....I thought we were supposed to listen to the commanders on the ground?What are you talking about? I am always concerned about our troops in Afghanistan, but that decision to disarm them was fucking retarded.
If this commander on the ground is telling Marines to disarm in a war zone he is retarded.
Seems that one man's military base is another man's war zone....
1. "Among President Clinton's first acts upon taking office in 1993 was to disarm U.S. soldiers on military bases. In March 1993, the Army imposed regulations forbidding military personnel from carrying their personal firearms and making it almost impossible for commanders to issue firearms to soldiers in the U.S. for personal protection."
Military base gun ban imposed by Bill Clinton
2. A soldier suspected of fatally shooting 12 and wounding 31 at Fort Hood in Texas on Thursday is not dead as previously reported by the military, the base's commander said Thursday evening.
A civilian officer who was wounded in the incident shot the suspect, who is "in custody and in stable condition," Army Lt. Gen. Robert Cone told reporters.
"Preliminary reports indicate there was a single shooter that was shot multiple times at the scene," ...
Officials: Fort Hood shootings suspect alive; 12 dead - CNN