we can bring death and destruction to half of Iraq.

"Military officials believe the area is a transit point for foreign fighters moving toward Baghdad and the rest of the country. Locking down the area is strategically important, but it is equally important for Iraqis to see the United States reassert control in the face of two insurgent successes this week, said Lt. Col. Tim Mundy, the battalion commander.

"The foreign fighters seem to believe that they can operate in some areas with impunity," said Mundy, 40, of Waynesville, N.C. "It's symbolically important that we do show up."

Marines said they found stacks of insurgent handbills in town celebrating the ambush and roadside-bomb killings; some were tacked to telephone poles, others were on a mosque door.
[snip]
Talking to a truckload of troops, sitting in the predawn darkness in a desert staging area Friday morning, Sgt. Marcio Vargas Estrada made the point in plain language to the men of his squad from 3-2's Lima Company.

"If somebody shoots at you, you waste [him]," said Estrada, 32, of Kearny, N.J. "When you go back to Camp Lejeune [in North Carolina], these will be the good old days, when you brought death and destruction to--what is this place called?"

A Marine answered in the darkness: "Haqlaniyah."

Estrada continued: "Haqlaniyah, yeah, that. And then we will take death and destruction to Haditha. Hopefully, we'll stay until December so we can bring death and destruction to half of Iraq."

The flatbed truck erupted in a storm of "Hoo-ahs."
[snip]
At one house they found Munaf Khalaf, a former Iraqi National Guard sergeant.

"I quit because the insurgents threatened me," Khalaf said.

And where are the insurgents, asked Sgt. Maj. Arthur Mennig.

"They all fled town," Khalaf said.

Mennig thought it over a moment. "Then who," he asked, "is shooting at my men?"" (link)

good fucking grief.

evil cometh. it is 'we'.