Posted on July 19, 2015
This letter from a Marine to ISIS is melting the internet. Read and share with your friends. Enjoy.
How every single Marine and American feels right now:
Congratulations, ISIS.
You wanted attention, and yesterday, you got it. Only, you chose the wrong people to seek that attention from.
You did not get the attention of our weak President. He tweeted his support for your medieval holiday following your cowardly attack. You did not get the attention of our useless and corrupt Congress. They were too busy lining their pockets.
When you attacked those four Marines, you got the attention of every one of our 186,800 active duty Marines, along with every Marine who ever served.
You just stirred up hate, discontent, and malice within a group of people who relish the idea of engaging the enemy.
There is something you obviously don?t yet know about Marines?
The brotherhood we share is stronger than the challenges we face, the weapons we master, or the enemies we destroy.
You will learn that soon though.
You attacked a group of men who bond over the smell of gunpowder and misery?and enjoy it. You didn?t attack America?s leaders, you attacked America?s Marines, and that is a battle you are not prepared for.
You see, we won?t play by the rules you?re accustomed to seeing. When you play in our backyard, we don?t have to answer to any chain of command. We will not follow ridiculous ROEs crafted by a spineless bureaucrat to appease some goat herding tribal leader. And we won?t be wearing uniforms so that you can easily ambush us.
Nope. None of that crap.
When you think you?re walking into a target-rich environment, you?re really walking into an ambush.
That pudgy, middle-aged guy wearing khakis in the mall, who unbeknownst to you, is a former 0311 and armed, will dump your sorry ass before you have a chance to scream ?allah snackbar.? And that soccer mom pushing a stroller, she?s got a Glock and will happily leave you gasping in a pool of your own b