Marine ‘Emotionally Exhausted’ By Having To Plan To Kill Everyone He Meets
QUANTICO, Va. — Lance Cpl. Matt Bennet was admitted to Naval Medical Clinic Quantico with “emotional exhaustion” today after breaking down from the strain of “having a plan to kill everyone he meets,” according to sources in Bennet’s platoon.
“Like all real Marines, Bennet reveres Gen. [James] Mattis,” according to Bennet’s company commander, Capt. J.D. Maurer. “He takes the general’s orders, instructions and advice extremely seriously.”
“As do we all,” he added. "For instance, if I need to kill Bennet, I'm going to send him on a night march, and get him with a Claymore as he clears the tree line."
According to fellow Marines, Bennet began the planning last summer at a Denny's in Stafford, Va.
“My platoon sergeant gave me 60 seconds to explain my plan to kill the waitress, the bus boy, and the short order cook,” Bennet said. “And it was easy."
"Break my plate on the bus boy's head," he recounted. "Those Denny's plates weigh like 10 pounds, so he's incapacitated at least. Grab the waitress,…
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