[Billthedrill]

The Marines are only there for embassy security and there's 10,000 friendly bodies on the embassy grounds - they're going to be very hard put to keep the place from degenerating into total chaos much less chase bad guys with mortars. And there's nothing to keep Taylor's boys from lobbing a few if they've a mind to raise some hell. I got a real bad feeleing about this.

[SpinnerWebb]

Ah, I think the marines will do what they are there to do, which right now is to secure the civilians, and bug the hell out. They'll do that and do it well. Just don't let anyone up the chain request they stay there any longer than that. I don't think we will be there to stay any time soon, if only because the u.n. wants it.