I had a copy of the picture above in my cubical at the Pentagon. Of all the great Marine Corps pictures and art floating around, something about this one spoke to me. First off is the cigarette, the three day beard, the dirty face and clothes, how politically incorrect in this day and age – how utterly perfect a contrast for the class “A” Pentagon crowd. Then the Marine’s eyes, if that’s not concentration and determination those things do not exist. The Marine’s eyes are fixed in distance while his hands nonchalantly perform a task they must have performed thousands of times before – so often the eyes no longer need to guide them in the task. Then the entire weathered face makes me wonder where this Marine has been and what has he seen to etch those lines so deep. There is something coldly competent about this Marine. Something tells me if came down to survival of the fittest, he’d be warm and well fed.

I remembered this picture after reading this - - 20 shots - twenty kills. Wow! Just wow.

Can you imagine the pucker factor of a 30 against 250 firefight – on their home ground?

No doubt Corporal Twentykills is cut from the same cloth as the Marine in the picture.

Now just to laugh your butt off – look at this.

How do think Olbermann would react to Corporal Twentykills or the man in the photo above? If he gets that worked up over a couple of Thanksgiving turkeys being…uh…processed, how do you think he would he react to Corporal Twentykills shooting 20 Taliban losers through the melon?

I await his Special Comment on Corporal Twentykills. We know one thing for certain, whatever Olby might have to say about the corporal, it’s unlikely he’d say it to the Marine’s face.