…weaponry.

Whenever I read things like this, I have to laugh at the idiots who accuse us of “mass murdering civilians,” and “blowing up countries” and being “indifferent to collateral damage.”

And the new de-vices are just in time for this:

“American commanders seem convinced that it is only a matter of time before the Iraqi prime minister, Ayad Allawi, gives the order for them to retake the city,” the Times notes. “For many marines here, that order cannot come too soon. After a long summer of cat-and-mouse games with shadowy insurgents, they are hungry for a decisive battle.”