"We're surrounded? That simplifies the problem."
Chestie! You've gotta love him. Had the opportunity to meet him several times; served in Nam with his son; know his daughters and their Marine husbands. And I have had the experience as a Marine of being surrounded. You don't want to do that to Marines. Target-rich environment when you can get some in every direction (if you can shoot straight). Marines are pretty good at making their rounds count, and if the IDF is the same, don't surround them unless you seek martyrdom and it's reward of 72 smelly and unmarriable old crones.