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March 22, 2006
Grunts, Polls And The Tip Of The Spear
In yesterday's Houston Chronicle, Nathaniel Fick (author of One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer) explained yet another reason why Zogby's recent poll of Iraq soldiers' opinions is not to be taken seriously: the grunts in any war have a very limited view of the big picture. The whole article is well worth your time.
Fick writes about the age-old differences that arise between combat and support troops; between active duty and reserve units, and he makes this amusing but telling observation:
Culture matters: In the 1990s, the Marines toyed with the recruiting slogan "Nobody likes to fight, but someone has to know how." It was dropped after Marines started grumbling that they really did like to fight.
I'm glad those guys are on the tip of the spear.
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