Marines Without Ammo in Cairo Embassy. “Let the Jarheads Take the Hit!”
Written by Gary North on September 14, 2012
Adopting the policy of tactical genius P. X. Kelley, the Marine Corps’ Commandant at the time of the Lebanon suicide bombing in 1983, the American Ambassador in Cairo refused to let the Marines have access to ammo. General Kelley did not let the sentries carry loaded rifles, because they might accidentally shoot someone. But he […]
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