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In lugnet.general, William A. Swanberg writes:
> Having also been "in an armed conflict on foreign soil" (in fact, I was in
> the middle of Iraq with the 1st Cav while the Marines were still sailing
> back and forth in the Arabian Gulf playing decoy, but I digress),
This is an incredibly ridiculous statement. While the Army Airborne were the
first troops on the ground (with M16's only), everyone knows that the Marines,
thanks to the maritime prepositioning system, were the first fully equipped
armed contingent prepared to do precise and extensive harm. Everyone also knows
that the Marines occupied the forwardmost positions during the entire
occupation. Everyone also knows why this is. Yes, there was a diversionary
tactic in the beach landing scenario, but this illustrates, yet again, my
point. Were the Iraqis concerned about the 1st Cav or the impending beach
landing? Answer this for yourself. Regardless, this was a small decoy force,
the bulk of the Marines in theater were way out in front of any other units and
causing a whole heck of a lot more mayhem. I appreciate your pride in your unit
and branch of service but, again, everyone knows the truth about who the top of
the food chain is.
Bill
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| (...) I may have news for you--that "who" wasn't anyone actually doing the fighting. One of the benefits of being at the "top of the food chain", as it were, in an corporatist imperial state means being able to sit in your boardroom sipping (...) (24 years ago, 18-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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