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Originally posted by butcherguy
Anyone remember a past president of Egypt named Anwar Sadat?
He probably wished some soldiers in a certain parade had non-firing weapons.
Maybe Obama remembers that parade too.
Originally posted by watchitburn
Edit:
After watching the portion of the video mentioned.
Keep in mind, Most of us had been there since 9pm the night before, with no chow and it was fricken freezing.
The whole thing was planned very poorly. You would think after 47 presidents there would be a better plan for running an inauguration. Sadly there is not.
Everyone was miserable, pissed off, and did not want to be there.edit on 25-2-2013 by watchitburn because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by Dustytoad
reply to post by Signals
Judging by the marching the "Marines" would have never gotten off Parris island. I know that when we marched like that at Ft Benning we got to stay longer and re do our marching training for days and days and... It seemed like it would never end.. Drilling Drilling Drilling... Ugh..
Those don't seem like Marines to me, maybe new recruits, but ehh.. I don't know.edit on 2/25/2013 by Dustytoad because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by Bixxi3
reply to post by watchitburn
Hey thanks for replying and thanks for filling us in. I hope you don't feel to annoyed at us armchair guys who don't have a clue about marching in a marine parade
I guess people(like me) are just to used to the image of the perfect infallible hollywood marine, not the real life human being marines.edit on 25-2-2013 by Bixxi3 because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by Ghost375
What's the point of putting in fake marines, if there are no bolts?
It's completely illogical.
Originally posted by watchitburn
reply to post by Signals
Absolutely Not.
reply to post by Chadwickus
I was not a marcher in the parade. But to the best of my knowledge all bolts were to be pulled. But that never stopped a Marine from not listening to what he was told.
Here is my explanation for the disheveled performance.
Originally posted by watchitburn
Edit:
After watching the portion of the video mentioned.
Keep in mind, Most of us had been there since 9pm the night before, with no chow and it was fricken freezing.
The whole thing was planned very poorly. You would think after 47 presidents there would be a better plan for running an inauguration. Sadly there is not.
Everyone was miserable, pissed off, and did not want to be there.edit on 25-2-2013 by watchitburn because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by Signals
unless it was INTENDED disrespect, which is also hard for me to believe...