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<blockquote data-quote="SMS" data-source="post: 1912291" data-attributes="member: 42">I&#039;ll be the first &quot;apologist&quot; to post.&nbsp; The O administration has screwed this thing up from the beginning and has been acting like amatuers since day one, but depending on the context of the comment, the opinion is not wrong.&nbsp; What does one mean by &quot;stopped&quot;....as in keep it from happening in the first place?&nbsp; Repelling it at the gate? Shutting it down after the first breach?&nbsp; To squirrely of a term.A detachment of Marine Security Guards probably would not have been able to &quot;stop&quot; the consulate assault.&nbsp; Mostly since stopping an assault on the property is not their mission and they are not manned, trained, or equipped to do so.&nbsp; Unless you have some experience as an MSG, or working with MSG detachments, it is easy to fall for the illusion of a bad-ass squad of Marine infantry snarling over their bayonets and machine guns at the gate...but that&#039;s not what MSGs do and that&#039;s not how our embassies and consulates are protected.MSGs certainly could have added an element of deterence, and caused the assault to be more costly for the attackers but they likely would not have &quot;stopped&quot; a large, determined, coordinated, complex assault...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="SMS, post: 1912291, member: 42"] I'll be the first "apologist" to post. The O administration has screwed this thing up from the beginning and has been acting like amatuers since day one, but depending on the context of the comment, the opinion is not wrong. What does one mean by "stopped"....as in keep it from happening in the first place? Repelling it at the gate? Shutting it down after the first breach? To squirrely of a term. A detachment of Marine Security Guards probably would not have been able to "stop" the consulate assault. Mostly since stopping an assault on the property is not their mission and they are not manned, trained, or equipped to do so. Unless you have some experience as an MSG, or working with MSG detachments, it is easy to fall for the illusion of a bad-ass squad of Marine infantry snarling over their bayonets and machine guns at the gate...but that's not what MSGs do and that's not how our embassies and consulates are protected. MSGs certainly could have added an element of deterence, and caused the assault to be more costly for the attackers but they likely would not have "stopped" a large, determined, coordinated, complex assault... [/QUOTE]

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