Who are tougher? French Foreign Legion or the Marines?

[Aeson]

Then we can claim we have the best submersible air force in the world! USA #1!!@!

[Al B. Sure!]

The list of countries that have Marines:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine_(military)

3.1 Argentina
3.2 Bolivia
3.3 Brazil
3.4 Cambodia
3.5 Chile
3.6 China, People's Republic of
3.7 China, Republic of
3.8 Colombia
3.9 Croatia
3.10 Cuba
3.11 Ecuador
3.12 El Salvador
3.13 Egypt
3.14 Finland
3.15 France
3.15.1 French Army
3.15.2 French Navy
3.16 Germany
3.17 Greece
3.18 Honduras
3.19 India
3.20 Indonesia
3.21 Iran
3.22 Iraq
3.23 Israel
3.24 Italy
3.25 South Korea
3.26 North Korea
3.27 Mexico
3.28 Morocco
3.29 Myanmar
3.30 Netherlands
3.31 Norway
3.32 Pakistan
3.33 Paraguay
3.34 Peru
3.35 Philippines
3.36 Poland
3.37 Portugal
3.38 Romania
3.39 Russia
3.40 Saudi Arabia
3.41 South Africa
3.42 Spain
3.43 Sri Lanka
3.44 Sweden
3.45 Thailand
3.46 Turkey
3.47 Ukraine
3.48 United Arab Emirates
3.49 United Kingdom
3.50 United States
3.51 Uruguay
3.52 Venezuela
3.53 Vietnam

Why you worrying about the US? Half the countries' in the world have Marine forces.

[Asher]

Indeed. If Myanmar does it, it must be the right thing to do.

[Al B. Sure!]

The UK, Germany, Russia, France, Italy, Turkey, Spain, Mexico...

[Asher]

So the old world and the poor world.

[MikeH]

Is Alby's argument that the Marine Corps needs to stay really that they were already considered redundant 63 years ago?

[dannubis]

BOOOOMMMM !!!! Direct hit.

[Felch]

It's easier to make the Army lighter than the Marines heavier.

WTF? The Army is a bureaucracy. It will never consent to being made lighter. Government just doesn't work that way.

Any politician who ever voted for lightening the Army, or eliminating the Corps would be ending his career with that vote. Americans know that we're not the smartest or the best looking on the planet, but we're very proud of killing people and ****ting all over their cultures.

[ColdWizard]

If their culture was that interesting, it'd be on tv.

[Asher]

Any politician who ever voted for lightening the Army, or eliminating the Corps would be ending his career with that vote.

And that, Alby, is precisely why everyone knew decades ago the Marines should fold but no one did anything about it.

[MikeH]

Exactly.

Because the American Electorate are stupid.

[Tupac Shakur]

There needs to be three services:
GROUND forces.
AIR forces.
NAVAL forces.

That's one too many. All you need are LAND forces and MARITIME forces.

Exactly.

Because the American Electorate are stupid.

It doesn't really have anything to do with the American electorate. The Marines are just overrepresented in Congress.

[MikeH]

How did the congressmen get there then? Magic? Or did the American Electorate elect them?

[Asher]

JTF2 is operating in Libya.

WHERE ARE THE MARINES?

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/elite-canadian-soldiers-hit-ground-in-libyan-crisis/article1925022/

[DinoDoc]

They've been to Tripoli already.