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Many Republicans say, "As I recall, it was Congress that forced the Marines out of Lebanon."
Ronald Reagan was the C-in-C in 1983. Do you know what that means?
U.S. President Ronald Reagan called the attack a "despicable act" and pledged to keep a military force in Lebanon. (just blathering and bloviating?)
Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger, who had privately advised the administration against ever having stationed U.S. Marines in Lebanon, said there would be no change in U.S. Lebanon policy. Vice President George H. W. Bush toured the Marine bombing site on October 26 and said the U.S. "would not be cowed by terrorists." (the Republican administration WAS!)
It’s the second report to come out about the Benghazi terrorist attack that left four Americans dead and not surprisingly, the second report to be highly critical of the State Department. The Senate homeland security committee’s bipartisan report, ‘Flashing Red,’ obtained by Fox News, outlines 10 key findings about the attack.
A scathing Senate committee report on the Benghazi terrorist attack faults the State Department for failing to adequately respond to mounting security threats in the lead-up to the assault. The report says the facility was woefully under-protected at a time when the region, according to...
Hezbollah was now seen by many as "the spearhead of the sacred Muslim struggle against foreign occupation".
The Marines were moved offshore where they could not be targeted. On February 7, 1984, President Reagan ordered the Marines to begin withdrawal from Lebanon.