Reply #13: Ugh, sorry, but I associate the date with Srebrenica [View All]

[Euromutt]

Don't get me wrong: I have a lot of respect for the USMC, and in particular the organization's ability to anticipate developments in warfare and come up with answers before the pertinent questions have even been asked within the Beltway. Hence the USMC's pioneering of amphibious warfare, civil action programs in counter-insurgency, adoption and refinement of maneuver warfare doctrine, all things which the U.S. Army has subsequently had to learn from the Marines. Marines, frankly, tend to be a damn sight smarter than almost anyone gives them credit for. And I say that (only slightly grudgingly) as an army infantryman.

But because of my personal background--I did my military service in DutchBat's parent brigade, and worked at the UN war crimes tribunal for over three years--July 11th to me is the date the Srebrenica "Safe Area" fell and the slaughter began.