This story is perhaps one of the clearest testaments to the decay of Western civilization I have ever seen. By Western civilization, I mean the United States specifically.
First of all, the quote should be, “in a major compromise, the Marine commander, who is a politically correct sycophant, agreed that his troops would not carry guns while on Indonesian soil. . .”
Another quote from the story: “Hundreds of from troops from Australia, Singapore, Germany and other nations are also helping the relief mission. The Indonesian military is providing security for all of them.” Does anyone see any irony at all in the idea of the world reknowned Indonesian military providing protection to troops from much better equipped countries’ military units?
Speaking as a former U.S. Marine, I want to know who caved in and said, sure, we’ll disarm our Marines and put them on boats at night while we help clean up your dead. Whoever you are, you are a spineless fool.
Anyone who is dictating conditions for receiving assistance that include disarmed Marines doesn’t deserve to live and should receive no help at all. A disarmed Marine is like a fish out of water. I used to hear the expression “beggars couldn’t be choosers” quite often. It was used to remind those on charity that they should take what they were given and be grateful for it. Apparently, in our politically correct environment full of digusting U.S. appeasement monkeys, beggars can be choosers.
If I were in charge, those Marines would be long gone and the Sumatrans would be cleaning up their own mess. You simply do not disarm a U.S. Marine..