There is nothing quite like the confidence of The Marine. We have seen this throughout the history of The Corps, and we are seeing it again in Helmand province.
“We’re going to go in big,” Brig. Gen. Larry Nicholson, commander of the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, told reporters travelling with Mullen in Helmand. “I’m not looking for a fair fight.”
Gotta love it when they talk dirty like that. Nicholson reportedly hopes to encourage the less committed to sit it out, while the Marines go to work on the more committed. Reuters adds:
“Well it’s pretty obvious, there’s only one place left: that’s Marjah. I don’t think its any great leap of logic to say where we’re going next,” said Brigadier General Larry Nicholson, commander of all the Marines in southern Afghanistan.”We’re bringing in 10,000 Marines. It’s not a secret. There’s only one place left in the entire area of operations where the enemy is at,” he said.
This is being reported through several sources. Ya gotta love the attitude, from the top down.