This is often used by many as a problem solution. I don't think so in the case of small urban disturbances such as those in LA and a few other cities. National Guard troops are sufficient; local police are sufficient. Combine the two and you have more than necessary. So, in this case, Stumpie is acting like he's on TV and needs some more eyeballs. Hence, "Send in the Marines".
How'd that work out in Lebanon all those years ago? Or, better yet, how'd it work out in the infamous quagmire in Vietnam? The Marines were given a job they had little experience with: policing. Yes, they've been deployed as policemen more than once. Vietnam required policemen, lots of them. The Vietnamese civilians were overmatched by Viet Cong aided by NVA soldiers. North Vietnam looked over the Johnson administration actions and decided correctly: Johnson is an boob, and doesn't know much about geography, as the song goes. Johnson and his Dem lackies poisoned the well by gradually sending military assets to SE Asia. Results: 58,000 dead Americans and hundreds of thousands of wounded soldiers and Marines. More than a million American families were affected by these numbers and it continues to this day. Sending in Marines is nothing more than a publicity stunt and Gruesom Newsom, Governor of California recognizes this order for what it is: headline grabber. The mass media couldn't resist. Reporters outnumbered protesters.
All the training given to Marine recruits is designed to prepare them for : killing or be killed. Pretty simple.
So, don't send in the Marines, not now, not unless the United States is in danger of an armed adversary knocking at the door, such as Mexico.
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