Originally Posted by Stan187

That's neither here nor there. As you said, hard to prove when they were in a different area. We can consider it less restive as a result of their tactics, or less restive in and of itself. The Marines in particular still conducted their own foot patrols, which is why some of them were displeased with it being absolutely required to wear all of the new body armor panels, and side panels as well.

I just see no clear way, still, to show that what troops wear or what they ride is what primarily breeds resentment of them. You hit the nail on the head, they were patrolling aggressively. Does that not matter more than what they drove up in?