[Alas Babylon!]

This is reminding me of Lebanon in 1983. THAT did not end well.

[Ozymandias Ghost]

“This is reminding me of Lebanon in 1983. THAT did not end well.”
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My thoughts as well; and, the anniversary of the bombing of the Marine Barracks in Beirut is the 23rd of this month.

[Verginius Rufus]

The Marines will be near the shores of Tripoli.

Of course the Tripoli in the Marine Corps hymn is a different one.