Posted on Jul 21, 2015
Obama orders all flags at half staff for TN victims
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Too bad they had to be shamed into taking this action.
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Why did it take so long? And why isn't our President leading the way by taking the appropriate action immediately?
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SCPO David Lockwood, I object to calling the casualties victims. Victims are generally helpless, these were military personnel who came under hostile fire.
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1LT William Clardy while I support your right to your objection, Webster's defines a victim as: a person who has been attacked, injured, robbed, or killed by someone else. Whether in a civilian law enforcement uniform or a military uniform, I wouldn't like to be thought of as a victim but it is the reality of it...especially given these particular service members were not afforded the opportunity to defend themselves.
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1LT William Clardy
1SG (Join to see), there is some (admittedly still inconclusive) evidence that at least one of the Marines may have returned fire, albeit with a personal weapon instead of an issue one.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/marine-in-chattanooga-shooting-might-have-been-armed-officials-say/2015/07/20/1787a027-bbc4-429b-a8cc-9730d73b96a4_story.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/marine-in-chattanooga-shooting-might-have-been-armed-officials-say/2015/07/20/1787a027-bbc4-429b-a8cc-9730d73b96a4_story.html
Marine in Chattanooga shooting may have been armed, officials say
Investigators are trying to determine if one of the Marines returned fire and possibly wounded Abdulazeez.
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