on CNN right now. the bombing of the marine barracks in

[catmother]

beirut. it's a MUST SEE.

[HysteryDiagnosis]

1. Well then you'd better Tivo MSNBC. Pretty damn interestin

if you ask me.

[Roland99]

8. Who are they profiling on that?

[catmother]

15. Hizbollah.

[chaumont58]

2. I wonder if they will have any thing to say about the invasion of Grenada

which occured, what?, two days later.

[greatauntoftriplets]

3. I've been to Grenada twice since the invasion.

They find it hilarious that the US invaded them over their internal problem. Sort of a real-life "The Mouse That Roared".

[chaumont58]

5. It was also the 'wag the dog' to end all 'wag the dog.'

They did the planning on the fly. No service could talk to another. Grunts used a public telephone system to get through to US Navy ships at sea.

Yet, not one of our warm wonderful newspaper guadians of the public good said one thing about 'wag the dog.' That had to wait for Clinton to be president.

[greatauntoftriplets]

6. Exactly.

And, as I recall, they gave out more medals than there were soldiers who participated in that little fiasco. Sadly, it's been a few years since I have visited and have not seen that beautiful island since that hurricane hit it hard a couple years ago. Probably isn't the same place.

[catmother]

14. do you have to change the subject? this is Hizbollah we're

talking about not grenada.

[Roland99]

17. They mentioned in a one-sentence statement and then moved on.

[Monkeyman]

4. No thanks watching Marines die no

[Roland99]

7. Seriously, what was the mission of our Marines then? To be sitting ducks?

[stevekatz]

9. peace keeping

The Marines were warmly welcomed by most lebanese when they first arrived

[Roland99]

11. But what were they doing? Rescue missions? Red Cross proxies?

[catmother]

13. i believe just their presence was supposed to keep peace.

if they were fired on, they had to get permission to fire back.

[Roland99]

16. From what I saw on this show, they had to ask permission to fire back

even if fired upon.


And just being there like sitting ducks was a deterrent policy? WTF was Ronnie thinking?

That's insanity

[catmother]

12. they left and were called back 3 weeks later because things

were still crazy in lebanon.

[Monkeyman]

19. And brother died there

If you where ever in Combat you know vets will not watch their family die. Veterans are family.That was the first time a bomber killed himself in the name of God. The Marines were there to help. Reagan should of never cut an ran like most replugs do.If we would of stood tall and stayed all this crap might not be going on. Bush has damaged us so much in the world it will take years to fix. The Mideast has been that way for 1000's of years. What makes anyone think it will change. Get the hell out of there. Maybe you should go talk or see one of the wounded with no legs or arms. If you think you can say anything good about war after that your a replug

[catmother]

20. reagan ordered them to take them out. they were waiting for

the call -- had them in their sights -- ready to go and weinberger stopped it. reagan was pissed but forgave weinberger.

yes. i could have ended back then.

[calico1]

10. I know it's weird but one of the things that

stands out in my mind is the picture (either Life or Time) of the Black soldier in his bright red undies in his bunk. He said later it was very embarrassing.

[Catchawave]

18. They were sitting ducks....

the barracks guards were ordered NOT to have rounds in their chambers, since they were a PEACEKEEPING force. By the time the young guard put a round in his chamber, it was too late :cry:

Funny, they left that little detail out.

Edit to add link: http://www.leatherneck.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-10404.html

[Monkeyman]

21. They all ways do every time they show it

[Catchawave]

22. The last marines came home in May, not Feb

I should know, my husband was the bn co of the final group.