Posted on 08/25/2003 5:34:14 AM PDT by SJackson
Edited on 04/22/2004 11:49:43 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
If the past is any guide, we may never know the name of the suicide bomber who drove the flatbed truck into the U.N. compound in Baghdad last week, for we still don't know the name of the boy who drove the Mercedes truck loaded with TNT into the Marine barracks in Beirut on the morning of Oct. 23, 1983. What we know of that seminal event two decades ago is the aftermath: the death of 241 U.S. servicemen, the proud initial assertion that Lebanon would not be left to the forces of radicalism, and then the scramble to pull America out of the hell of Lebanon. That country was abandoned to the tender mercies of Syria. There were no discernible American interests in that city by the Mediterranean. We quit Beirut under Arab eyes, to the impression that America is easily discouraged, that a band of plotters could dissuade us from larger goals.
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He is not biased. He's been giving sound pro-American advice for years.
For those who want bias, read Buchanan or Novak.
Yes. I remember him, from ages ago, as one of the few good guys on TV.
8 "THERE WILL BE NO RETREAT" ~ and other quotes from experts the PRESS ignored this week.
~ White House, DoD, various | 8/25/03 | Pres. Bush, Amb. Bremer, SOD Rumsfeld +
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