Quote Originally Posted by BMT View Post
http://www.washtimes.com/op-ed/20070...680r_page2.htm


BMT
TELL THAT TO THE MARINES!!!

I got pretty heated after a read of that article. I wonder what LtGen Mattis' thoughts would be, as I never felt any doubt under his command that I knew when deadly force was appropriate. I certainly felt more confident about the right to self-defense.

I think the major's (LtCol now?) admonition, that the troops should receive better threat recognition training, is pretty hollow because he doesn't provide any examples to illustrate that point.

There's more work co-authored by him that I've browsed through, and may throw some of it up here tomorrow night.