Because we should NEVER forget this war we fight now, didn't just start in 2001.
Posted on 10/23/2007 4:16:09 PM PDT by Sender
"The suicide bomber detonated his explosives, which were equivalent to 12,000 pounds (about 5,400 kg) of TNT. The force of the explosion collapsed the four-story cinder-block building into rubble, crushing many inside. It is said by a U.S. federal district court judge to have been the largest non-nuclear blast ever (deliberately) detonated on the face of the Earth."
We have been in this war for a long time now. I just wanted to remember the 241 Americans whose lives were snuffed out by Islamic Jihad or Hizb'allah on that day.
24 years
My bad, you’re right. 24 years ago today.
Not one word of this on broadcast MSM.
I don’t keep the date stored in my brain. But probably on average once a week I remember it happened.
And even though I think the world of RR, he didn’t do one thing to retaliate. This WOT started way to late IMO.
Semper Fi, Boys.
God Bless you.
On that occasion, Reagan did exactly what liberals wanted to do after 9/11: he withdrew our troops from the Middle East and did nothing. We all know what happened next.
BMT - it’s still why my folks have a hard time dealing with Regan ..... dad is a former marine .....
Condolences to family and friends of all who were murdered.
The MSM is too busy with the California wildfires and Hillary vs Barack. But they could at least mention it. They never forget to mention Katrina.
24 years ago. These guys were slaughtered before many current US Marines and Soldiers were even born. And they continue to be killed today by Mohammed’s misguided grandchildren. Thanks a lot, Mohammed.
I believe Reagan later realized and acknowledged that he erred badly in not responding forcefully to this attack. He was not perfect by any means, and he made some big mistakes. Unlike most of our current crop of ostensible leaders, however, Reagan was man enough to admit his mistakes.
His greatness did not derive from any sort of absolute perfection, but rather from the rightness and truth of his vision, which remains so despite his human failures and imperfections in implementation.
Prayers up for those murdered on that long ago day. For their deaths to have meaning we must utilize the benefit of twenty-four years of hindsight and experience to learn from the mistakes made at that time and not repeat them.
Because we should NEVER forget this war we fight now, didn't just start in 2001.
It began when Satan was cast out of Heaven. And we ain't seen nothing yet.
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