In late February of 1991, my reserve infantry battalion invaded Kuwait as part of a 1st Marine Division task force during Operation Desert Storm. Our mission was to liberate that country from the clutches of Saddam Hussein’s Iraqi army.
MOFFETT: Pondering and Processing; Iran and Iraq
Two of the 14 Marine Corps Leadership Traits are Initiative and Decisiveness, and President Trump certainly took some initiative and was decisive with his decision to bomb Iran and decapitate its leaders. (Other traits include Dependability, Tact, Integrity, Unselfishness, and Loyalty, which are subjects for a different column.) As was the case with his decision … Read more