[John H K]

Just goes back to the long term rivalry (usually friendly, but at times not) between the Army and Marines.

Actually, it's often been the Army complaining that the Marines get an undue amount of media attention, such as in World War II in the Pacific, but in this case, in Iraq, because the Army is nearer the Baghdad media concentrations, it's reversed.

It's simply a result of the plan (and certainly not by design) that the Army went into the wealthy, high class, high profile area of West Baghdad and the Marines ended up going into the poverty-stricken Shiite s***hole East side of Baghdad.

[kitkat]

***It's simply a result of the plan (and certainly not by design) that the Army went into the wealthy, high class, high profile area of West Baghdad and the Marines ended up going into the poverty-stricken Shiite s***hole East side of Baghdad.***

Thank you, John, for this further explanation of your earlier comment.