I may be wrong.....and the training of our young grunts a little more "sensitive to local impact" -- but I believe this could be the Islamanazi's FIRST major engagement with a Marine force that lost brothers over a protracted period, in a specific area with a KNOWN and IDENTIFIABLE enemy "organization"....
Most of the Marine losses, occured AFTER the Marines pulled back and gave the bastards time to reflect and comply with the ceasefire agreement-----and they DIDN'T.
This assult will be different. It ain't gonna be pretty...
Revenge is a dish best served cold and slowly in many courses...
I doubt the Marine Corps has figured out how to discipline "rage" out of the young Marine's heart.
The discipline simply focuses that rage into effective, deadly consequences against the enemy...
I pray God will go with them, and being them safely home...
Semper Fi
I think fighting age Fallujah men are going to have a hard time surrenduring before a bullet gets them.
What do the Marines say now? "It's a perfect war. They want to die, and we want to kill them."
I trust our Marines will fight as ferociously as their fathers did in Hue and on Okinawa. Shock and awe.
Somehow, I never worry about the Marines as long as they're on the offensive and the damned politicians STFO of their way. They're more likely to get killed in a traffic accident than they are to get shot or boobytrapped - especially when engaging the rug-pilots.
It's when they're forced to sit still, or avoid "sensitive" targets, or withdraw before the job is done, or not fire unless fired upon, etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. that they start dying.