Panetta Trumans the Marines

Panetta Disses Marines.
Worst insult since Truman sought to abolish the Corps
According to the Brit newspaper, The Telegraph:

Soldiers asked to disarm during Leon Panetta speech in AfghanistanUS soldiers were asked to disarm during a speech by Leon Panetta, the American defence secretary, in a sign of grown concern over spates of seemingly random violence in Afghanistan.
A large security detail surrounds Leon Panetta during his visit to Afghanistan. Nato's forces have been seeking to step up the vetting of the thousands of Afghans who work on military bases
Less than a week after a US staff sergeant allegedly massacred 16 civilians in Kandahar, American soldiers Marines were banned from bringing guns into a talk by Mr Panetta at a base in Helmand province.
Around 200 troops who had gathered in a tent at Camp Leatherneck were told "something had come to light" and asked abruptly to file outside and lay down their automatic rifles and 9mm pistols.

Note: It was a dogface soldier who shot up the Arabs, not the Marines.

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