"What happened is less important than what you do in response to the incident." -- LtCol Christopher I. Woodbridge, Commanding Officer, 1st Battalion, 7th Marines from August 2003 through June 2005, commenting on his Operation Iraqi Freedom experience in "Law of War, Rules of Engagement, and Escalation of Force Guide". The remarkable success of the Al Qaeda engineered debacle at Haditha in December 2005 to diminish the effectiveness of its fiercest nemesis is illustrated in two documents reserved for "Official Use Only" and obtained by Defend Our Marines from flummoxed Marines. The documents detail the "new" thinking of the Marine...