what were you doing in lebanon in 1958, looking for philistines?
If you're descended from one of the ten lost tribes, why aren't you kosher?
i was on operation blue bat but you wouldn't be interested.
And i'm a republican.
i guess you voted for ike?
"a muslim rebellion that was allegedly supplied with arms by the uar through syria caused president chamoun to complain to the united nations security council. The united nations sent a group of inspectors that reported that it didn't find any evidence of significant intervention from the uar.
"the soviet premier, nikita khrushchev, threatened to use nuclear weapons in the event of an american intervention.[4]
"the toppling of a pro-western government in iraq's 14 july revolution, along with the internal instability, caused president chamoun to call for united states assistance.
"operation blue bat
"the president of the united states, eisenhower responded by authorizing operation blue bat on july 15, 1958.
"this was the first application of the eisenhower doctrine under which the u.s. Announced that it would intervene to protect regimes it considered threatened by international communism. The goal of the operation was to bolster the pro-western lebanese government of president camille chamoun against internal opposition and threats from syria and egypt.
"the plan was to occupy and secure the beirut international airport, a few miles south of the city, then to secure the port of beirut and approaches to the city."
1958 lebanon crisis - wikipedia, the free encyclopedia