[Old Teufel Hunden]

"And, when the Marines are cut off, as they were in Liberia, the Army will send some Special Forces to rescue them."

What are you talking about? We've had three NEOs conducted in Liberia. None of them involved special forces rescuing Marines cut off in Liberia. If you want to write a fictional novel about it, go for it. If you want to stick to truth, post the facts. Here they are:

Operation Sharp Edge:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Sharp_Edge

Operation Assured Response
http://www.specialoperations.com/Operations/liberia.html

Operation Shining Express:
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/shining_express.htm

[donmeaker]

Of course Marines would not be noncombatants. But in one of the above operations, the last Marine units was cut off at the embassy, and two Army special forces guys stopped in and lead the Marines out. Of course the SF guys were able to pass as local ethnics