The Los Angeles Times is reporting that the Pentagon ignored an internal report that recommended sending 2,300 Marines into Liberia in July to quell the violence. But the LA Times found the Pentagon rejected the report, forced it to be rewritten with toned down language and did not pass on the initial recommendation to President Bush. One official told the paper, “The Pentagon squashed it. It was way too strong for their liking.” The International Rescue Committee predicts that thousands of Liberian lives would have been saved if the U.S. sent in troops back in July.