It occurs to me that....
It occurs to me the enemy in Iraq really are dictionary definition terrorists. They'll only stand and fight if they're surrounded by women and kids. As an area is evacuated of noncombatants in preparation for battle, the terrorists will flee with the noncombatants. The next time the USMC does this, they need to quickly setup an air tight parameter without prior notice and then capture every military aged male as he tries to flee with the human shields.
Gary