Published on
Aug 23, 2026
23 Years Later, General Jim Mattis’s Advice to His Marines in Iraq Is Still the Most Quoted Line in the Modern Military
The sentence was one of a list of rules a Marine major general issued to the 1st Marine Division in Iraq, practical guidance for young Americans manning checkpoints in a country where the next handshake might hide a trigger: “Be polite, be professional, …
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