Marines to Libya
The caption to the above photo from DVIDS;
A quick reaction force with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response prepares to depart Naval Air Station Sigonella, Italy, in support of a military assisted departure from the U.S. Embassy in Tripoli, Libya, Saturday, July 26, 2014. The Department of State, in coordination with the U.S. Ambassador for Libya, requested Department of Defense support for a military-assisted departure of embassy personnel. SP-MAGTF Crisis Response is a self-deploying, self-sustaining task force with the capacity to provide a rapid-response capability to U.S. Africa Command. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by 1st Lt. Maida Kalic)
So the folks in Libya can rest assured that the State Department and the Department of Defense learned a hard lesson when four Americans were murdered two years ago.
From BBC;
Staff, including marine guards providing security to the embassy, have been transferred to Tunisia “due to the ongoing violence resulting from clashes between Libyan militias,” it adds.
Secretary of State John Kerry said there was a “real risk” to staff.
It comes amid fierce clashes between rival militias in the capital, with intense fighting at Tripoli airport.
The Marines can rest assured, despite claims from the US government to the contrary, the war against terror continues.
Category: Terror War
Two years too late.
The ‘real risk’ from sKerry = avoid second case of egg on face.
Oh, well, at least there is an evacuation ahead of a potential attack this time. For that, I’m grateful.
‘To the shores of Tripoli’
Sorry had to be said. But I’ll agree with the other comments 2 years too late.
And if John Kerry had the balls to visit the Iraqi embassy, he would be calling for an evacuation there. But that is truly too hot a place for him to visit. Leave them there until ISIS overruns the place. Then, smoke and mirrors, bulls his lies upon bull shit lies and “we did all we could. We underestimated the ISIS forces based on Maliki’s info and promise to support us”. Cowardly turds in the DoS and Oval Office will get Americans killed in Iraq. I hope not but it sure looks that way.
Guess Kerry’s magic boonie hat has stopped talking to him.
You have to turn the sound up on this, but the chuckles are there.
http://www.theadvocates.org/video-reporters-openly-laugh-state-department-defense-obama/
Does “Special-Purpose Marines” make anyone else think about Navin Johnson in “The Jerk” and his “Special Purpose”.
Uh, yeah. But not quite the same way.
The Jerk …
I love the scene where he is pumping gas and he is being shot at by a man across the street with a M-16 (scary black weapon) and the oils cans (made of cardboard then) were being hit left and right.
He said, “these oil cans are defective”.
What a jerk!
Beginning of movie: “I was born a poor black child”.
They could not name a movie today with such a title, all the real jerks would protest and the left would support them.
Steve Martin’s best album is “Let’s Get Small”.
“It’s the cans! He hates the cans! Stay away from the cans!!!!!”
“You mean I’m always gonna be this color?”
I just cant help myself sometimes. 20 years from now one of these Marines is going to end up on a web site trying to defend his claim of being ‘Special-Purpose Marine’. Poor bastards. Semper Fi brothers.
http://www.marforaf.marines.mil/UnitHome/SpecialPurposeMAGTFCrisisResponse.aspx
The reporter got the unit name correct, this time.
It does get better though. The outfit is headquartered out of Moron Spain.
Special Purpose from Moron. Can’t hardly beat that.
Now that’s too funny. Why do people have to make shit up, reality just too bazaar as it is. Thanks for the post.
There are SO many jokes in that… and I can’t stop giggling, either.
Corps has just been drinking their cup of sf/sof koolaid and thus has to call units special or else they’ll loose their tacticool cred.
You have no idea how much I wish I could say, “I was a Special Purpose Moron Marine”. Thank you so much for that, God Damn I cant stop laughing. I would have a field day with that title.
Once again I stand corrected for something I posted. My first post should said ‘THOSE LUCKY BASTARDS’.
Looks like the US actually evacuated just in time. The fighting in Libya, in Tripoli, has taken an uptick. According to this Reuters article, a fuel storage tank was bombed.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/07/28/us-libya-security-idUSKBN0FW09720140728?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews&rpc=76
Also, there appears to be an increase in insurgents’ activities overall.
Stay safe, guys.