If Reagan Had Simply Made Some Kind Of Response................

[whitehall]

Reagan fuked up big time in the Beiiut bombing. The Marines weren't properly prepared and Reagan wasn't prepared enough to respond when the shit hit the fan. You gotta remember that Reagan was dealing with a hostile democrat controlled congress who wanted to impeach him for giving aid to the Contras in Central America.

 

[Campbell]

Most of this shit wouldn't even be happening:

1983 Beirut barracks bombings - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The 1983 Beirut barracks bombings were terrorist attacks that occurred on October 23, 1983, in Beirut, Lebanon, during the Lebanese Civil War when two truck bombs struck separate buildings housing United States and French military forces—members of the Multinational Force in Lebanon (MNF)—killing 241 U.S. and 58 French servicemen, six civilians, and the two suicide bombers.

So it's Reagan's fault?

Yes- in the sense that he was the commander and chief- like President Obama was at 'fault' for the Benghazi deaths.

But in those days, Congress didn't immediately try to blame Reagan- frankly they didn't blame Reagan at all.

And they were right not to blame Reagan- because even though sending the Marines in there was an ill conceived mission- and the Marines were not adequately protected- and there was plenty of warning of possible attacks- this was all in hindsight.

Why was that?

Was it because the president was a leader?

Say what you like, but Reagan was a leader..

Two days after 293 marines were killed by Hezbullah in Lebanon Reagan sent The U.S. Army's Rapid Deployment Force (1st, 2nd Ranger Battalions and 82nd Airborne Division Paratroopers), U.S. Marines, U.S. Army Delta Force, and U.S. Navy SEALs into Grenada....it appears to me that the alzheimers had already set in. Reagan invaded the wrong country! LMAO!!

 

[Camp]

Reagan fuked up big time in the Beiiut bombing. The Marines weren't properly prepared and Reagan wasn't prepared enough to respond when the shit hit the fan. You gotta remember that Reagan was dealing with a hostile democrat controlled congress who wanted to impeach him for giving aid to the Contras in Central America.

The Embassy and later the Marine Barracks were bombed in '83. Iran/Contra didn't come on the radar until '85.

 

[TooTall]

Most of this shit wouldn't even be happening:

1983 Beirut barracks bombings - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The 1983 Beirut barracks bombings were terrorist attacks that occurred on October 23, 1983, in Beirut, Lebanon, during the Lebanese Civil War when two truck bombs struck separate buildings housing United States and French military forces—members of the Multinational Force in Lebanon (MNF)—killing 241 U.S. and 58 French servicemen, six civilians, and the two suicide bombers.

Yes the far left drones keep bringing up this debunked event so they can feel good about voting for worse than Bush Twice.

From the drones own link:

Rescue and recovery operations: October 23 to 28, 198

Organized rescue efforts began immediately – within three minutes of the bombing – and continued for days

Unlike Obama and Clinton..

USS Cole bombing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
2012 Benghazi attack - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

That's a goddam bare faced lie!! The artillery batteries had the coordinates of exactly where the Hezbullah(sic) had positions and Reagan opted to pull every last one of our troops out of Lebanon.

What was a UN peace keeping force supposed to do? Start WWIII?

 

[Campbell]

Most of this shit wouldn't even be happening:

1983 Beirut barracks bombings - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The 1983 Beirut barracks bombings were terrorist attacks that occurred on October 23, 1983, in Beirut, Lebanon, during the Lebanese Civil War when two truck bombs struck separate buildings housing United States and French military forces—members of the Multinational Force in Lebanon (MNF)—killing 241 U.S. and 58 French servicemen, six civilians, and the two suicide bombers.

Yes the far left drones keep bringing up this debunked event so they can feel good about voting for worse than Bush Twice.

From the drones own link:

Rescue and recovery operations: October 23 to 28, 198

Organized rescue efforts began immediately – within three minutes of the bombing – and continued for days

Unlike Obama and Clinton..

USS Cole bombing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
2012 Benghazi attack - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

That's a goddam bare faced lie!! The artillery batteries had the coordinates of exactly where the Hezbullah(sic) had positions and Reagan opted to pull every last one of our troops out of Lebanon.

What was a UN peace keeping force supposed to do? Start WWIII?

It wasn't the U N....it was ol' memory man Reagan!

 

[whitehall]

It's kind of strange that today's left doesn't seem to want to deal with terrorism but they blame Reagan for not dealing with the jihad in the 80's. When Bush used the Military to enforce U.N mandates against Saddam, the left and the democrat party and the liberal media undermined the mission with anti-war propaganda. If democrats tried to impeach Reagan over a simple effort to stem the communist takeover in Central America what would they have done if he sent more Troops to Beriut? It should be noted that the liberal media supported Bill Clinton's little war in Yugoslavia while the 9-11 terrorists were attending freaking flight school in the U.S. and Clinton's National Security Adviser turned into a common thief stealing documents from the freaking archives to cover his boss's criminal negligence.

 

[TooTall]

Most of this shit wouldn't even be happening:

1983 Beirut barracks bombings - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The 1983 Beirut barracks bombings were terrorist attacks that occurred on October 23, 1983, in Beirut, Lebanon, during the Lebanese Civil War when two truck bombs struck separate buildings housing United States and French military forces—members of the Multinational Force in Lebanon (MNF)—killing 241 U.S. and 58 French servicemen, six civilians, and the two suicide bombers.

Yes the far left drones keep bringing up this debunked event so they can feel good about voting for worse than Bush Twice.

From the drones own link:

Rescue and recovery operations: October 23 to 28, 198

Organized rescue efforts began immediately – within three minutes of the bombing – and continued for days

Unlike Obama and Clinton..

USS Cole bombing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
2012 Benghazi attack - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

That's a goddam bare faced lie!! The artillery batteries had the coordinates of exactly where the Hezbullah(sic) had positions and Reagan opted to pull every last one of our troops out of Lebanon.

What was a UN peace keeping force supposed to do? Start WWIII?

It wasn't the U N....it was ol' memory man Reagan!

I was wrong about this being a UN operation and decided to post a few facts:

The Multinational Force in Lebanon (MNF) was an international peacekeeping force created in August 1982 following the 1981 U.S.-brokered ceasefire between the PLO and Israel to end their involvement in the conflict between Lebanon's pro-government and pro-Syrian factions.

The United States, France, Italy and the United Kingdom contributed to the peacekeeping operations pursuant to the MNF mandate which reads as follows:

The MNF (multinational force) is to provide an interposition force at agreed locations and thereby provide the MNF presence requested by the Government of Lebanon to assist it and Lebanon's armed forces in the Beirut area. This presence will facilitate the restoration of Lebanese Government sovereignty and authority over the Beirut area and thereby further its efforts to assure the safety of persons in the area and to bring to an end the violence which has tragically recurred.

Under its mandate, the MNF provides a multinational presence requested by the Lebanese Government to assist it and the Lebanese Armed Forces in the Beirut area. The MNF is not authorized to engage in combat but may exercise the right of self-defense. The USMNF follows a policy of active self-defense in response to attacks and to improve its security. In order to enhance the safety of MNF personnel, authority has been given to U.S. naval forces offshore to provide naval gunfire and air support against any units in Syrian-controlled parts of Lebanon firing into greater Beirut as well as against any units directly attacking MNF or U.S. personnel and facilities.

The MNF suffered its greatest number of casualties on October 23 in an act of terrorism, when Shia suicide bombers driving two truck bombs loaded with the equivalent of six tons of TNT plowed into the U.S. and French barracks in two simultaneous attacks, killing 241 U.S. servicemen and 58 French paratroopers.

U.S. President Ronald Reagan was pressured for a troop withdrawal from Lebanon by Congress. These calls were increased after the Lebanese PM and his cabinet resigned February 5. Shiite and Druze militiamen began fighting outside Beirut on February 6 and threw the capital into chaos. Reagan ordered the 1,700 Marines to begin withdrawing on February 7.

 

[Syriusly]

Most of this shit wouldn't even be happening:

1983 Beirut barracks bombings - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The 1983 Beirut barracks bombings were terrorist attacks that occurred on October 23, 1983, in Beirut, Lebanon, during the Lebanese Civil War when two truck bombs struck separate buildings housing United States and French military forces—members of the Multinational Force in Lebanon (MNF)—killing 241 U.S. and 58 French servicemen, six civilians, and the two suicide bombers.

So it's Reagan's fault?

Yes- in the sense that he was the commander and chief- like President Obama was at 'fault' for the Benghazi deaths.

But in those days, Congress didn't immediately try to blame Reagan- frankly they didn't blame Reagan at all.

And they were right not to blame Reagan- because even though sending the Marines in there was an ill conceived mission- and the Marines were not adequately protected- and there was plenty of warning of possible attacks- this was all in hindsight.

Why was that?

Was it because the president was a leader?

Say what you like, but Reagan was a leader..

Reagan was a leader- who made some tragic mistakes in Lebanon- pulling out the Marines was not one of them.

Why was Obama blamed for Benghazi and Reagan wasn't blamed for Lebanon?

Because when Reagan was President- and the Democrats controlled Congress- everyone was more concerned about Americans than blaming anyone.

But when it came to Benghazi Congress only cared about blaming Obama- and Clinton.

 

[Syriusly]

The record is clear. Modern day terrorism was born and created in the '80's under Reagan. Terrorism was allowed to be an accepted tactic. American's were targeted and the terrorists were met with little if any retribution or response. At the same time, negotiations took place and modern weaponry was traded to fund US sponsored terror groups in Central America. It was called Iran/Contra. If that were not enough, terrorist, who we called "Freedom Fighters" were funded in Afghanistan to fight the Russians.
Reagan began with an attack on our Embassy in Beirut, followed by the attack of the Marine Barracks. His time in office ended with the bombing of an American commercial airliner over Lockerbie about a month before his term ended. The entire decade is full of terrorist attacks against America.

What was the IRAN HOSTAGES under Carter in 1979.... Reagan had those people freed within one hour of his inauguration!

So Reagan was responsible for the freeing of the hostages?

 

[Wyatt earp]

Most of this shit wouldn't even be happening:

1983 Beirut barracks bombings - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The 1983 Beirut barracks bombings were terrorist attacks that occurred on October 23, 1983, in Beirut, Lebanon, during the Lebanese Civil War when two truck bombs struck separate buildings housing United States and French military forces—members of the Multinational Force in Lebanon (MNF)—killing 241 U.S. and 58 French servicemen, six civilians, and the two suicide bombers.

So it's Reagan's fault?

Yes- in the sense that he was the commander and chief- like President Obama was at 'fault' for the Benghazi deaths.

But in those days, Congress didn't immediately try to blame Reagan- frankly they didn't blame Reagan at all.

And they were right not to blame Reagan- because even though sending the Marines in there was an ill conceived mission- and the Marines were not adequately protected- and there was plenty of warning of possible attacks- this was all in hindsight.

Why was that?

Was it because the president was a leader?

Say what you like, but Reagan was a leader..

Reagan was a leader- who made some tragic mistakes in Lebanon- pulling out the Marines was not one of them.

Why was Obama blamed for Benghazi and Reagan wasn't blamed for Lebanon?

Because when Reagan was President- and the Democrats controlled Congress- everyone was more concerned about Americans than blaming anyone.

But when it came to Benghazi Congress only cared about blaming Obama- and Clinton.

#Jimmy Carter

 

[hjmick]

Most of this shit wouldn't even be happening:

1983 Beirut barracks bombings - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The 1983 Beirut barracks bombings were terrorist attacks that occurred on October 23, 1983, in Beirut, Lebanon, during the Lebanese Civil War when two truck bombs struck separate buildings housing United States and French military forces—members of the Multinational Force in Lebanon (MNF)—killing 241 U.S. and 58 French servicemen, six civilians, and the two suicide bombers.

So it's Reagan's fault?

Well, at least he's moved on from Bush...


It amuses me that so many really have no idea about the history of the U.S. and extremist Muslims...

May as well blame Jefferson...

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Meanwhile, back in reality, Obama has handed more real estate to Jihadists than 100 bin Laden's dared dream.

Reagan on Libya Air Strikes Video - Ronald Reagan - HISTORY.com

 

[whitehall]

Can we agree that FDR's foreign policy negligence and profound ignorance of Japan's military power led to the (planned?) disaster of Pearl Harbor? Shortly after the democrat party fired it's own sitting Vice President and timid little bean counter Harry Truman became president we lost about 50,000 American Troops in three years of the Korean quagmire that Truman created with an executive order and we are still living with the legacy of the Truce that the idiots in the Truman administration created fifty years ago. When Bill Clinton's sexual problems became evident he used his socialist buddy in NATO for a splendid little war that the mainstream liberal media seemed to love. Yugoslavia was crushed while the 9-11 terrorists were attending flight school in the U.S.. After the 9-11 attack, Clinton's National Security Adviser, Sandy Berger became a thief stealing documents from the National Archives. Neither the American media nor the FBI or the freaking CIA was the least bit curious about why a Cabinet appointee would become a freaking thief. Now we are dealing with a profoundly inept administration while their loyal low information minions laughably try to blame Reagan for the freaking mess in the administration. No surprises here.