Yeah, there's always a rain plan....and there was, in this case.
There's always other commitments on the schedules, too, and a protective detail is simply planning when it makes drive plans. Part of the game is making plans for shit that the protectee isn't likely to do, but just might. That doesn't mean it's practical with the other commitments on the schedule, particularly when you're already scheduled to attend another ceremony at a cemetery the next day in the rain and everyone knew the Belleau Wood ceremony was possibly a bridge-to-far to begin with.
Pure logistics, dude. The Great War Centennial in Paris was a basically a mini-UNGA with almost 300 dignitaries and 60 protective details in attendance......there was a metric shit-ton of stuff going on there other than wreath laying ceremonies.
We can further modify it and say, "people who not only have experience, but were actually there"...…..
….or we could just all be pissed off because the media told us to be angry. In particular, the media organizations that weren't invited to be there....
Last edited by TGS; 11-13-2018 at 06:30 AM.
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