Bottom line: I'm not the sort who will shoot anyone and everyone in Fallujah. Heck, God was willing to spare Sodom & Gomorrah for the sake of ten righteous people. And the bad guys are brutalizing the (many) innocents in Fallujah.
BTW...consider ye this: where do you think our actionable intelligence was coming from? Would you cheerfully reward the guy dropping a dime on the tangos with the same fate as the terrorist?
Points made and accepted.. The older I get the more impatient and less rational I become..
I will admit to being born with a large mongolian birth mark.....many of Greek heritage are. So, I guess I have Mongol genes.
This has had a noticed tendency in my life to push me in a less than Christian response to threat or challenge.
No doubt you are right about the source of our operational info from the city.... I hope the "high road" is successful and cheap in terms of Marine blood...
I remain confident that my Corps is still being led by the finest Officers in the world....
At the core, it's still the Corps.
Semper Fi