Buttle's World

You know you are winning

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when the shooting stops.

Michael Yon’s latest dispatch is a thing of beauty.

Marines and Soldiers who are in areas of Anbar where fighting has abated are sometimes criticized by commanders who think they are avoiding contact with the enemy. I have heard this complaint at least a couple dozen times.

These Marines definitely weren’t avoiding contact. They were just winning.

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