[Robert DeLong]

Not quite what went down:

Adm. James “Ace” Lyons (Ret.)

He (Admiral Lyons) talks about the Beirut bombing of the Marine barracks.

In my opinion Reagan blinked when he should have acted. Weinberger was a driving force behind Reagan blinking I might add.

[Alberta's Child]

One of the details about the Beirut barracks bombing that doesn’t get a lot of attention is that the suicide bomber was able to drive his bomb-laden truck past the guard post because the military leadership refused to let the guards carry ammunition in their weapons.

Reagan didn’t “blink.” He simply recognized that it was a f#%&ing disgrace to ever send those Marines over there in the first place.