The Day the Secret Service Almost Shot Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

[robert l. bentham]

The agent was adjusting the side-mounted shotgun on one of the motorcade’s armored follow-up Suburbans when it discharged. “Everyone just stopped. The Iranians looked at us and we looked at the Iranians. The agent began to apologize. Ahmadinejad just turned his head and got into his car.” And that was it.
The Iranians told no one. Their silence led several White House aides to begin to see Ahmadinejad in a new light. Here was evidence that maybe Iran was acting strategically, and therefore cautiously.

http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2013/04/deep-state/309260/

 

[cecilia]

hmmmmmmmmmmmm

 

[Glaucus]

Yep, even when guns are in the hands of highly trained experts, you're still not safe when they are loaded and held by anyone. Only very stupid people believe there's such a thing as gun safety.

 

[cecilia]

guns are bad, mkay?

 

[robert l. bentham]