Security around the Beirut airport and our Marine base there was too lax. If a Commander-in-Chief puts troops in harm's way, he should direct his theater commanders to provide adequate security, or be prepared to accept the blame when the tragic and avoidable happens. I think a speeding truck is something that could be avoidable given security protocols.
Yep...partisan hack.
You must be the type to sucker punch someone and call it a fair fight.
I gotta ask...do you play the knockout game?
Are you somehow trying to rationalize the deaths of 238 Marines at the Beirut airport as unavoidable? As excusable? As expendable personnel? Our Marines in Iraq know the fight is upon them as our Marines in Beirut knew.
I just pray we don't make the Reagan mistake and leave them without adequate means of security, or worse, allow them to die and then throw up our hands and leave. But, then again, there might be a medical school in the Caribbean we could 'save' in order to save face.