[river rat]

Count me as an incorrigible old coot - but this does NOT sound like a deployment in line with Marine Corps history or training....

Marines weren't raised to be the Peace Corps..or neighborhood construction crews.....

From day one - they're trained to follow orders and destroy the enemy...
Oh oh.....it's that pesky "follow orders" that is getting them in trouble again.....

This does not feel right...
I hope they won't let their guard down or ignore inbred instincts to distrust anyone not wear Marine Corps web gear....

Semper Fi

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Militant Islam is a cult, flirting with extinction

Damn, I like that tagline!

[VOA]

Marines weren't raised to be the Peace Corps..or neighborhood construction crews.....

As a naive civilian, I'd agree.
But I also wonder if the bad-boys in pockets like Fallujah (sp?), etc.
are about to get a bit more "discipline" now that the USMC is in town.

Please note I'm not knocking the other branches...just wondering if the USMC
is being sent in to "finish the job"...

[Justa]

There's plenty of hostile territory over there to keep them busy. The constant stream of Jihadis and equipment crossing over from Syria is hardly a task for the Peace Corps.

They're in the right place. It's a good mission.