Marines forced out of Toledo, page 1

Marines forced out of Toledo

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[Toledo's] mayor's spokesperson Brian Schwartz said, "the mayor asked them to leave because they frighten people. He did not want them practicing and drilling in a highly visible area."

Toledo police said they knew about the training and had approved the unit's use of the Madison Building and the Promenade Park area. The training was scheduled to start Friday afternoon and last until Sunday. Police said the unit's presence would have a minimal impact on the city.

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Yet another city turning its back on our military.

These maneuvers are essential to our military's training and have been taking place in numerous urban areas across the country for no fewer than 15 years, when the Marine Corps determined that future wars were likely to involve considerable urban warfare, the most dangerous and demanding combat known.

In this case, as in all cases, the Marine Corps makes prior arrangements and gains approval before the exercises are put into action.

For myself, I will be contacting my elected officials regarding this issue. Those cities that are hostile to our nation's security should be punished and withholding federal funds is a good place to start.

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reply to post by Shadow_Lord

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It would have helped if he had made his own staff aware of his displeasure with the Marines training there. His own staff have been going to meetings for months with the Marines now. Did it not occur to them to give their boss an update as to how things were going?

He should have taken the time to officially notify the Marines of his decision a long time ago.

reply to post by MrWendal

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Where do you get all of that from?

It sounds to me like they don't want to be bothered by the noise, not that they are protesting the war. Did anyone see any protestors waiting for the troops?

reply to post by GradyPhilpott

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Let the Marines storm some beaches like they are supposed to and leave the house to house searches to the cop thugs that already abuse us enough.

It is SICK to have military troops around the public, getting us used to their prescence so they can slip in and assume control. The military had posse comitatus restrictions before the Traitor inm Chief Bush the drunken cockhead decided to trash so we could have troops all over the place bothering us and trying to indoctrinate us. Let them build a city in the desert if they need one; no doubt they have many already, why not train there?

Because there are no civilians around to intimidate and control. I never ever want to see troops in public; passing thru airports I see them , but in large numbers it means only one thing: Someone is sending a message: We can come into YOUR town and take over, and thats that.

I applaud the city fathers for having such insight as to protect the people from seeing all this promotion of the Bush war machine.

Glamorizing the troops is no way to end wars for profit and territory..illegal wars like we are in now.


I remember back in the 1960's when we were feeding 50,000 young men into another illegal war , on Miami Beach one day the Navy had men training on the beach, and the people were giving them hell. The residents were laughing and mocking them and shouting slogans and protesting...until finally they had to pack up and go before it got ugly. Not everyone supports sending kids to die for the profit of evil men; the military is being used for wars of aggression against nations that have done NOTHING whatsoever to us and that makes the military complicit.

Of course they are just following orders, but I recall at Nuremburg we didn't accept that excuse from the Nazi's...and hopefully one day when Bush and Cheney are sitting in chsins in the Hauge for war crimes trials neither will the justices there.

Use em, treat them well, take care of their families, but keep them away from us: Soldiers are supposed to be sent to the enemy, not to their own people.

reply to post by COOL HAND

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Oh, I can't disagree with that at all. Like I said, the problem is the communication.

From what I read (which really, who knows if it is true or not) he made it clear to his staff last year. But it never got to the right people.

Sounds more like a cover up story to me (who doesnt really follow up on something that big?)

reply to post by eyewitness86

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It is SICK to have military troops around the public, getting us used to their prescence so they can slip in and assume control.

My thoughts exactly.
"Friendly Fascism."

reply to post by GradyPhilpott

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Here is a new thread to a bill sponsored to do exactly that - remove some pork earmarked for Berleley and give it to the Marine Corp.
www.abovetopsecret.com...

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