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St Louis.
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Marine Week.
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2:30 AM
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THREE Marines get robbed.
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By TWO unarmed men.
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(yeah, that's what I said too)
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Police report that two Marines in their early 20s were walking near the Soldier’s Memorial downtown around 2:30 Monday morning, when two suspects in their 20s approached. According to the police report, the suspects tried to sell the Marines jewelry and then an argument led to a fight.
“We take this story at face value and we’re going to investigate it,” said Police Chief Dan Isom.
Even Mayor Francis Slay reacted to the news with skepticism, wondering how three Marines, one of whom was carrying a knife, would lose their knife and a wallet to two un-armed men.
“They were in an altered state because they had a fair amount to drink and it was 2:30 in the morning,” Slay said. ”The Marines are great to St. Louis and certainly this is not indicative of Marine Week.”
But a Marine spokesman shed more light on the mugging, suggesting that the Marines turned the other cheek to avoid violence.
“Marines have been given rules of engagement not to engage in any violence except to protect their lives,” said Marine Spokeswoman Capt Kate Vanden Bossche.
When asked if the Marines have essentially been told to hand over their wallets in St. Louis, rather than fight to protect their property, Vanden Bossche said: “If someone is in such dire need that they need to rob someone, I don’t think that’s a fight Marines need to get into.”
A Marine press release on the attack indicates how the fight ended: ”After a brief altercation, the parties were separated with the help of the third Marine and police were contacted. The Marines relinquished their wallets and both assailants fled the scene.”
Sad, sad, sad! And I'm not buying the ROE Defense. These guys wimped out.
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Schteveo
2 comments:
I read this story this morning and almost threw-up my breakfast. What i see here is not some bullshit ROE excuse given by some dyke Capt. What i see is the "pussification" (ie. the PC'ization) of the USMC. I've been watching it happen to just about every major police dept. in the country, but i truly didn't think it would infect our military. If my WWII Marine Dad were still alive, he'd be chewing on the breakfast table after reading this story.
I'm telling you, my Marine son said that shit was in place when he was in too. BUT no one ever considered NOT defending themselves and then USING that as the excuse!
These particular guys were wimps, but I can guarantee you, there are enough real grunts left to make a difference.
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