Reagan Losing 241 at Beirut in 1983 Didn't Happen No More

[UCmeNdc]

October 23rd, 1983. Ronald Reagan was President of the United States.

What stood out then, at least on television, was the toll of 241 dead at Marine BLT Barracks at Beirut Airport. Yet on the 30th Anniversary last week, in 2013, nothing was done to commemorate those losses. Not a word on network news or the commentary shows. The total number of deaths from four truck bombs there was 398. And it was carried out to get revenge for months of the U.S. Navy shelling Arab villages.

Corporate media made no mention of the Beirut, Lebanon invasion -- despite that the CBS program 60 Minutes is taking time tonight to replay the Benghazi attack and street riot that killed 4 on September 11, 2012.


Snip.........

Lie about the dead, ye superpatriots. IOKIYAR.

And when Lebanon 1983 is mentioned, for such as resume material, the bombings are blamed on Hezbollah. That is beyond absurd. In 1983 there was no Hezbollah -- getting revenge with these bombings is what let the Revolutionary Guard bring in 1,500 picked troops and get Hezbollah up and running as an effective military force.


http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/10/27/1251119/-Hoaxes-101-Losing-241-at-Beirut-in-1983-Didn-t-Happen-No-More

[AndyA]

1. BEIRUT is my response to anyone complaining about Benghazi

Most have no idea what I'm talking about, so I tell them it's similar to Benghazi, only more people died and there was a Republican in the White House at the time. Then I tell them to go look it up and see if they can figure out why Benghazi is a big deal and Beirut wasn't.

Then I tell them the difference is a matter of BLACK and WHITE. Enough said.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

6. Even more recent

is the fact that approx. 60-70 embassy personnel were killed around the world in terror attacks like Benghazi during the George W. Bush (mis-)Administration and AFAIK there was nowhere near the outcry (if any at all) about them from the right much less all of the grandstanding and threats to grind the government to a halt unless they get.............something from President Obama regarding Benghazi.

[AndyA]

8. +1

There's without doubt a double standard when it comes to President Obama vs. all the Presidents who preceded him.

[PDJane]

2. I'm of the opinion that the American public has the memory of a goldfish.

That goes for Canada, too. We forget, and the things we forget are swept out of textbooks and living memory.

[Link Speed]

3. Wait just a dang minute!

I have a pond with pet goldfish. They actually have amazing memories. They respond to hand commands and colors. Of course, it is all food-related.

I would rather be around those fish than about one quarter of the people I know.

[PDJane]

4. I cede the addendum.

However, the fact remains that, unlike the goldfish, we are being trained to have really, really short memories. History...and democracy...are inconvenient.

[Cosmocat]

5. I bring Beirut up

to right wingers screaming about Benghazi all the time.

I also bring up that Reagen had a dozen tax increases during his presidency, grew the size of government and amnesty occurred on his watch.

Never makes a difference, you either get some half hearted bullshit, they ignor it or scream about a blow job.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

7. No! That's not True!

That's impossible!!!




La la la la la! I'm not listening!!!!