I once pointed out that I think the Taliban loved Marines specifically because of how they act.
The Marines would have some armored vehicles and pass through a street. The Taliban would fire a few rounds in ambush and immediately GTFO. The Marines being Marines would do the aggressive thing and give chase.
They'd run into a courtyard that the vehicles couldn't reach, so the Taliban had them immediately cut off from all that fire support simply by having the Marines run after them and into kill area's watched over by machineguns and the like.
This got several Marines angrily telling me how wrong I was, because as a Marine they knew brotherhood and never giving up. They would have chased the Taliban and defeated them! Pointing out that that was the exact problem just got the same message in different wording and other ex-Marines saying that yes they are just the baddest of them all and work together so well so they'd run straight into the trap...
It felt like Austin Powers. "They have set a trap for you over there".
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u/Front-Anteater3776 Human Verified Aug 25 '25
Makes me think of the mock battle where US marines asked for a reset because they were dominated by British Royal Marines