A minor consideration in view of the Marine barracks that got blown up by the Muslims. With 247 or so US Marines killed. While Barrow was squawking about the Israelis the Muslims were plotting to blow up his Marine barracks.
http://www.washington-report.org/backissues/040483/830404006.html
March 17, 1983
The Pentagon made public a letter from General Robert Barrow, Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps, to Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger, in which General Barrow said that Israeli troops had involved U.S. marines and army personnel in "life -threatening situations" and that he could "no longer remain silent on this continual problem of provocation from the IDF (Israeli Defense Forces).- (For a complete text of the letter, see below.)Terrorist Bombing Of The Marine Barracks, Beirut, Lebanon
... hours of 23 October 1983, a truck loaded with explosives crashed through the security
perimeter of the United States Marine Corps Barracks in Beirut, Lebanon. ...
www.arlingtoncemetery.com/terror.htm - 8k - Cached - Similar pages
Well, lots of things are worse than being cursed or ridiculed by people who are supposed to be your friends. That doesn't mean we can't talk about it anyway. The contempt shown by Sharon's troops toward toward American marines is revealing for what it shows about Sharon's real attitudes. He had contempt for Americans 20 years ago in Lebanon and, as his comparison of Bush to Neville Champerlain last fall reveals, he has contempt for us today.