[Travis McGee]

Every Marine is a rifleman: they take that very seriously. You wouldn't want to let your USMC clerk/riflemen miss their chance on the firing line, would you?

[jwalsh07]

"In the radio interview, Kerry also said it was not wise for U.S. officials to try to arrest Muqtada al-Sadr, an anti-American cleric, without taking other steps to control violence in Iraq." John Kerry, Candidate for Appeaser in Chief

[Poohbah]

Every Marine is a rifleman: they take that very seriously. You wouldn't want to let your USMC clerk/riflemen miss their chance on the firing line, would you?

Hitting a USMC Division or Wing HQ is roughly equivalent to taking on a US Army light infantry battalion.

In short, it's pretty stupid, unless you've got firepower equal to a light infantry regiment.