"The perception that coalition forces are arrogant or dominating is a critical issue in the willingness of the local populace to cooperate and support efforts to root out the Baath Party apparatus," Marine intelligence said.
What did this blurb they tacked onto the end of the article have to do with the story except to try and make the Marines look bad? Are they supposed to be sugary sweet when the car might have a bomb in it? Did they think Saddam's thugs were rude when they raped their wives and killed their sons? I think they can handle a frisking at a checkpoint.
Plus, as others mentioned, an RPG can't destroy an Abrams so what's with the "The Marines lost three of their best tanks" and "one of their 70-ton Abrams tanks was destroyed"? Am I overly suspicious or do I smell a liberal?