The article says the guy he (Taveres) messed with (Anderson) was a Marine in Vietnam.
I think my sentence needs a little more clarification:
I wrote: The guys lucky that it wasnt a Marine he messed with or it would have turned out alot worse. :-)
Here it is in better context: The guys (Anderson) lucky that it wasnt a Marine he (Anderson) messed with or it would have turned out alot worse. :-)