[Rokke]

"Marine Corps commanders said they planned no change in their long-term tactics in Fallujah as a result of the deaths yesterday."

As a Marine, wouldn't it concern you if "long-term" tactics were changed as a result of a single action? Do you think the "long-term" tactics were developed without the assumption that good guys might die at some point? These tactics weren't developed by Martha Stewert. The Marine 2 Star in charge there wears a bronze star awarded for valor in combat. This ain't no perfumed prince. Graphic violence is a shocker to someone unfamiliar with combat but burned corpses aren't a rare sight in a combat zone. Let these men do their job as professionals. Not enraged amatuers.

[TomasUSMC]

"First, do no harm." was decided upon before the Fallujah killings. The Marines have been using valuble training time to learn to become- sociologist, teachers, facilitators.... . This would be nice if we had 10 years to train a Marine and we were guaranteed they'd last another 20, but that ain't the case.

And when the enemy is trying to kill you first, at no time should your mindset be one of "First, do no harm."

Matter of fact, that motto might be what one would expect from some tree hugging ecolove commune, not the USMC.

As for this guys personal record, remember - one F*** UP cancels 100 ataboys.

But you know what? Hopefully, the noncoms will translate this - First do no harm - crap to the troops on the line the way they have always done with stupid crap officers tend to dream up.

I can hear my Gunny saying right now: " Yeah, All Right Marines, Listen Up, The General has just added, eh, a lil somethin to our motto,
the new motto goes like this, "First Do No Harm, AFTER YOU KILL EM ALL."

LETS GO MARINES, WE GOT A JOB TO DO.