US Marines Put On Alert To Move Into Egypt Amid Violent Protests

[1-Old-Man]

8. Once again I have to ask, just why do we have a separate Marine Corps?

I understand how the Navy is different than the Army or Air Force, they have boats. I understand why the Air Force is different than the Navy and Army, they have airplanes. I understand why the Army is different than the Navy or Air Force, they have neither boats nor airplanes (in any appreciable numbers) but they do have men to put on the ground with rifles and tanks and jeeps and all other manner of ground equipment. But why we have a Marine Corps is just beyond me.

That said, you may recall that the Administrations continued response to the attack in Benghazi was that it was the host nation's responsibility to protect our embassy. That was the Secretary of State who kept repeating that line, you may remember her, her name was Clinton. But now apparently an unidentified 'state department spokesman' has overridden her words. Either that or we have another case of CNN reporting nonsense.