"Demonstrate to the world there is 'No Better Friend, No Worse Enemy' than a U.S. Marine."

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Source : James Mattis' words in a message to the 1st Marine Division on the eve of the Iraq War (March 2003), as quoted in "Eve of Battle Speech" in The Weekly Standard, March 1, 2003; also quoted in Oliver North "War Stories: Operation Iraqi Freedom" (p. 53), 2003.

James Mattis

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