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Octafish

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6. Criminal Derelection of Duty

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Wed Oct 23, 2013, 10:01 AM

Oct 2013

From the Commander-in-Chief down.

The French embassy, followed by the United States embassy, were previously attacked by suicide truck bombers in Beirut.

Yet, the Marines and other service men and women were left virtually unprotected at the airport.

Reagan and the rest should have been impeached, yet the question was not raised by Corporate McPravda.

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1983 Beirut barracks bombing - 30 Years Ago Today [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2013 OP

Reagan's big flop malaise Oct 2013 #1

That's when he did the "Cut and Run" thing. SharonAnn Oct 2013 #15

The day JustAnotherGen Oct 2013 #2

The weekend my brother got married.. fitman Oct 2013 #3

And we retaliated two days later...by invading Grenada. n/t LeftinOH Oct 2013 #4

Yep...Grenada's mission was accomplished quite well deutsey Oct 2013 #5

Hollywood and Clint Eastwood even made an entertaining little movie about it. leveymg Oct 2013 #8

Criminal Derelection of Duty Octafish Oct 2013 #6

Interesting comparison of the Beirut Bombing with how the GOP responded to Benghazi, here: leveymg Oct 2013 #7

They always skip this narrative of Ronnie the War hero. 4Q2u2 Oct 2013 #9

Here we have the first "Bengazi", the one Republicans prefer to forget. 1-Old-Man Oct 2013 #10

I had a platoon sergeant sarisataka Oct 2013 #11

I was there hack89 Oct 2013 #12

How did you survive the blast? leveymg Oct 2013 #13

I was not in the barracks - I was involved in the rescue efforts. hack89 Oct 2013 #14

I was aboard the USS Independence at the time of the Attack on the Marine barracks October 23rd 1983 CDR516 Nov 2014 #16