[68skylark]

It sound like you may be "dissing" the 82d Airborne Division -- something most people would not do. It probably wasn't your intention to leave that impression, I realize.

[VOA]

Dis-respect the 82nd (or any branch of service)...NEVER!

Maybe my words were not well-chosen.
What I was really driving at was the idea that maybe the "bad-boys" in places
like Fallujah might at least get the perception that maybe the USMC would
be given a bit more latitude in being tougher on the bad-actors in the area.

Not saying the newly deployed USMC troops would be any more/less tough than
the current boots on the ground...just saying that the USMC reputation might be
employed to intimidate the bad-boys a bit.

I guess I'm talking more about the use of public relations (or psychological
operations) to quell the stinkers.