In the prologue to Generation Kill I quoted Lance Corporal Trombley comparing an ambush to playing Grand Theft Auto. The quote proved to be misleading to some. After the publication of Generation Kill, Trombley’s reference to Grand Theft Auto was cited in several news stories as proof that to the young men and women serving in America’s armed forces, war was no more real than playing a video game.
so that's where that line in the series stems from
