If we only “sleep safely in our beds because rough men stand
ready in the night to visit violence on those who would harm us,” then we have to accept a few rough comments from the Marine Corps. According to Marine General Counseled Over Comments, Lt. Gen. James Mattis “is being counseled to watch his words more carefully” after making a few such comments:
“Actually, it’s a lot of fun to fight. You know, it’s a hell of a hoot. … It’s fun to shoot some people. I’ll be right upfront with you, I like brawling.”He added, “You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn’t wear a veil. You know, guys like that ain’t got no manhood left anyway. So it’s a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them.”