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3 U.S. Marines shot in Mexico
« on: August 24, 2012, 03:51:38 PM »
3 U.S. Marines shot in Mexico
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August, 24, 2012



Three U.S. Marines were injured in a shooting south of Mexico City on Friday morning, a Mexican military official told CNN Mexico.

The motive behind the attack on the American servicemen, who were on a diplomatic mission, was not immediately known.

Unknown gunmen inside what was described as a Mexican federal police vehicle fired upon a U.S. Embassy vehicle that carried the U.S. servicemen, said the official, who declined to be named for security reasons.

The injured Marines were transported to a hospital in Cuernavaca, Mexico.

http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2012/08/24/3-u-s-marines-shot-in-mexico/
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Re: 3 U.S. Marines shot in Mexico
« Reply #1 on: August 24, 2012, 03:54:30 PM »
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Re: 3 U.S. Marines shot in Mexico
« Reply #2 on: August 24, 2012, 04:37:21 PM »
Maybe if the weapons in question turn out to be owebuma's Fast and Furious weapons, the owebumaManiaMedia will start to care.
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Re: 3 U.S. Marines shot in Mexico
« Reply #3 on: August 24, 2012, 05:01:24 PM »
Quote from: obumazombie on August 24, 2012, 04:37:21 PM
Maybe if the weapons in question turn out to be owebuma's Fast and Furious weapons, the owebumaManiaMedia will start to care.

I'd bust out laughing at that if it weren't for the fact 3 marines were shot.
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Re: 3 U.S. Marines shot in Mexico
« Reply #4 on: August 24, 2012, 07:16:54 PM »
It's time to nuke Mexico. I'm only half kidding.

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Re: 3 U.S. Marines shot in Mexico
« Reply #5 on: August 24, 2012, 08:26:52 PM »
Quote from: JohnnyReb on August 24, 2012, 05:01:24 PM
I'd bust out laughing at that if it weren't for the fact 3 marines were shot.

Marines are supposed to get shot.
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Re: 3 U.S. Marines shot in Mexico
« Reply #6 on: August 24, 2012, 08:29:28 PM »
Quote from: Texacon on August 24, 2012, 07:16:54 PM
It's time to nuke Mexico. I'm only half kidding.

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I'm good with half...of mexico.

Quote from: RightCoast on August 24, 2012, 08:26:52 PM
Marines are supposed to get shot.

I believe it was Patton who said, "Our soldiers job is to make the other poor dumb bastards give their life for their country".
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Re: 3 U.S. Marines shot in Mexico
« Reply #7 on: August 24, 2012, 09:37:00 PM »
Quote from: Texacon on August 24, 2012, 07:16:54 PM
It's time to nuke Mexico. I'm only half kidding.

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Re: 3 U.S. Marines shot in Mexico
« Reply #8 on: August 24, 2012, 09:59:29 PM »
Quote from: obumazombie on August 24, 2012, 08:29:28 PM
I'm good with half...of mexico.

I believe it was Patton who said, "Our soldiers job is to make the other poor dumb bastards give their life for their country".

Patton = Army.
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Re: 3 U.S. Marines shot in Mexico
« Reply #9 on: August 24, 2012, 10:03:22 PM »
The Mexican Federal Judicial Police, or Federales - it is hard to find a more corrupt, criminally-inclined bunch of asshole bandits it the entire Western Hemisphere.  Their utter lack of integrity is the reason the Mexican government relies so much on their armed forces to actually combat the drug lords, briefing the Federales on anything is like inviting the most powerful local drug lords into the meeting. 
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Re: 3 U.S. Marines shot in Mexico
« Reply #10 on: August 24, 2012, 10:08:55 PM »
Quote from: Texacon on August 24, 2012, 07:16:54 PM
It's time to nuke Mexico. I'm only half kidding.

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Re: 3 U.S. Marines shot in Mexico
« Reply #11 on: August 24, 2012, 10:20:49 PM »
Quote from: RightCoast on August 24, 2012, 09:59:29 PM
Patton = Army.
Evidently you are making a point I am missing. I would take it as a compliment that I wouldn't have to be informed that Patton was an Army general.
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Re: 3 U.S. Marines shot in Mexico
« Reply #12 on: August 24, 2012, 10:23:17 PM »
Quote from: obumazombie on August 24, 2012, 10:20:49 PM
Evidently you are making a point I am missing. I would take it as a compliment that I wouldn't have to be informed that Patton was an Army general.

Patton would not know about being a Marine because he was not a Marine. Simple point really.
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Re: 3 U.S. Marines shot in Mexico
« Reply #13 on: August 24, 2012, 10:29:01 PM »
Quote from: RightCoast on August 24, 2012, 10:23:17 PM
Patton would not know about being a Marine because he was not a Marine. Simple point really.

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Re: 3 U.S. Marines shot in Mexico
« Reply #14 on: August 24, 2012, 10:30:14 PM »
Quote from: RightCoast on August 24, 2012, 10:23:17 PM
Patton would not know about being a Marine because he was not a Marine. Simple point really.
Perhaps then, you could provide me with a comparable or contrasting quote from a Marine ? I see that perhaps you weren't in the mood to be complimentary.
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Re: 3 U.S. Marines shot in Mexico
« Reply #15 on: August 24, 2012, 10:54:08 PM »
Quote from: obumazombie on August 24, 2012, 10:30:14 PM
Perhaps then, you could provide me with a comparable or contrasting quote from a Marine ? I see that perhaps you weren't in the mood to be complimentary.

I don't know why I would need to be complimentary. But maybe I can find a quote to help you...



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Re: 3 U.S. Marines shot in Mexico
« Reply #16 on: August 25, 2012, 04:04:24 AM »
Quote from: RightCoast on August 24, 2012, 10:23:17 PM
Patton would not know about being a Marine because he was not a Marine. Simple point really.

I don't think the quote was to reference Marines in particular rather, those of the grunt persuasion, in general.
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Re: 3 U.S. Marines shot in Mexico
« Reply #17 on: August 25, 2012, 07:17:02 AM »
Quote from: 98ZJUSMC on August 25, 2012, 04:04:24 AM
I don't think the quote was to reference Marines in particular rather, those of the grunt persuasion, in general.

I never said it was. Patton was quoted to me towards my reply that Marines are supposed to get shot. My point, again quite a simple point, was that Patton was not a Marine so he would not understand that mentality. In the Army the idea is to stay alive, Marines are trained to attack enemy positions with such ferocity that the enemy is overrun and destroyed.  The very nature of that ferocity means Marines will be injured in the process. But history has proven that far fewer Marines die then do enemy troops.
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