Michael Totten writes from Fallujah:
A sign on the door leading out of India Company’s Combat Operations Center says “Have a Plan to Kill Everyone You Meet.” For a fraction of second I thought it might be some kind of joke. But I was with the Marine Corps in Fallujah, and it wasn’t a joke.
I asked Captain Stewart Glenn if he could explain and perhaps elaborate a bit on what, exactly, that sign is about. “It’s pretty straightforward,” he said rather bluntly. “It means exactly what it says.”
Welcome to counterinsurgency.
Read the rest here.
Our battalion had the same teaching point. If you're prepared to kill anyone you meet, you won't have to think about what to do if the person turns out to be your enemy. That split second of deciding what to do can be fatal.
Stephen
What keeps you alive is good! Every dispatch Totten sends is better than the previous ones. If only all segments of the MSM were including the two Michaels (Totten/Yon)there'd be a much different perception of Iraq than that now held.
That said, here's another promo
for a book about a Marine in a different Falluja three years ago or so. What, you thought I'd stop bugging you?
Mike
"From Baghad, With Love: A Marine, the War, and a Dog Named Lava"
http://www.amazon.com/Baghdad-Love-Marine-Named-Lava/dp/1592289800/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1199325477&sr=1-1
