Saturday, September 08, 2007

Marines trade bullets for compassion

WorldNetDaily: Marines trade bullets for compassion: "First Lt. Mauro Mujica is a true believer; you can tell by the intensity in his eyes. During his first tour in Ramadi, his platoon, 3rd Battalion 7th Marines, Lima Company, lost men. Mujica readily explains, 'We made a bunch of mistakes,' but quickly concedes, 'The circumstances demanded it.'
Cautious and wiser through experience, this Georgetown graduate, originally from Bethesda, Md., follows (as close as a Marine grunt can) Gandhi's philosophy of non-resistance. With fewer than a dozen Marines, Mujica presides over an Iraqi police station where his men are outnumbered 10 to 1, but that is only part of the strategy, showing their strength by allowing themselves to be vulnerable or rely upon local police forces. It's a psychological judo maneuver that has given the nascent Ramadi police force more confidence and bonded the Marines to their pupils/partner/protectors."

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