Why Do Democrats Hate the Marines?
Here is yet another elected official who is against the troops. Toledo’s mayor Carleton “Carty” S. Finkbeiner kicked a group of Marines out of the city on Friday. The troops, all members of Company A, 1st Battalion, 24th Marines, out of Grand Rapids, MI, were there to do urban warfare training as they have in the past. They do the training in Toledo because most of the soldiers are unfamiliar with the city, which adds to the value of the training. During the training they do foot patrols, fire blank ammunition and drive in military vehicles, much like they would in a real combat situation.
The police were on board with the the training and even allowed the use of the area where the exercise was to take place. Furthermore, the police also issued a press release to the public letting the citizens of Toledo know about the events. these are the same events that have happened in the past when the unit has trained there.
Supposedly, the problem was a communications breakdown between the mayors office and the police department. Supposedly the mayor had told th police chief, in charge at the time of the last training event, that he did not want the Marines back. That chief failed to inform the new chief of this and this is what caused the whole problem.
Even if this is the case, the mayor had to know about the police issuing a press statement well before the Marines arrived in town. Yet it was only after they had arrived, that the mayor heard, and then sent out a member of his staff to kick out the Marines, instead of going himself to do it. His excuse was that he did not want the soldiers to scare the citizens.
To me, it sounds like he is just another liberal who is against the war and takes it out on the Marines, much as Jack Murtha has done in the past. Both Jack Murtha and the mayor are well past their expiry dates in my opinion anyway. I think that there should be a limit on how old our elected leaders can be. What do you think?
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