Conflict sapping forces' morale

[Bradford DeLong]

>Steven wrote:
>
>>Quite a few of the troops have said to me that this isn't what they were
>>expecting.
>
>They joined the damned Marines, fer Chrissake. What did they expect? 
>A sit-down dinner with a string quartet accompaniment?
>
>Doug

To liberate an oppressed people from a cruel dictator...