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In reply to the discussion: IDF kills Hezbollah's top commander [View all]MarineCombatEngineer
(14,548 posts)4. Here, this explains it
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/u-s-marines-deployed-to-lebanon
During the Lebanese Civil War, a multinational force including 800 U.S. Marines lands in Beirut to oversee the Palestinian withdrawal from Lebanon. It was the beginning of a problem-plagued mission that would stretch into 17 months and leave 262 U.S. servicemen dead.
In 1975, a bloody civil war erupted in Lebanon, with Palestinian and leftist Muslim guerrillas battling militias of the Christian Phalange Party, the Maronite Christian community, and other groups. During the next few years, Syrian, Israeli, and United Nations interventions failed to resolve the factional fighting, and in August 1982 a multinational force arrived to oversee the Palestinian withdrawal from Lebanon.
The Marines left Lebanese territory on September 10 but returned on September 29 following the massacre of Palestinian refugees by a Christian militia. The next day, the first U.S. Marine to die during the mission was killed while defusing a bomb. On April 18, 1983, the U.S. embassy in Beirut was devastated by a car bomb, killing 63 people, including 17 Americans. Then, on October 23, Lebanese terrorists evaded security measures and drove a truck packed with explosives into the U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut, killing 241 U.S. military personnel. Fifty-eight French soldiers were killed almost simultaneously in a separate suicide terrorist attack. On February 7, 1984, President Ronald Reagan announced the end of U.S. participation in the peacekeeping force.
In 1975, a bloody civil war erupted in Lebanon, with Palestinian and leftist Muslim guerrillas battling militias of the Christian Phalange Party, the Maronite Christian community, and other groups. During the next few years, Syrian, Israeli, and United Nations interventions failed to resolve the factional fighting, and in August 1982 a multinational force arrived to oversee the Palestinian withdrawal from Lebanon.
The Marines left Lebanese territory on September 10 but returned on September 29 following the massacre of Palestinian refugees by a Christian militia. The next day, the first U.S. Marine to die during the mission was killed while defusing a bomb. On April 18, 1983, the U.S. embassy in Beirut was devastated by a car bomb, killing 63 people, including 17 Americans. Then, on October 23, Lebanese terrorists evaded security measures and drove a truck packed with explosives into the U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut, killing 241 U.S. military personnel. Fifty-eight French soldiers were killed almost simultaneously in a separate suicide terrorist attack. On February 7, 1984, President Ronald Reagan announced the end of U.S. participation in the peacekeeping force.
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This piece of shit, now blown up pieces of shit, is responsible for many of my friends deaths
MarineCombatEngineer
Sep 2024
#1
Why is the Lebanese army standing idly by allowing Hezbollah to attack Lebanon's neighbor?
TheKentuckian
Sep 2024
#22
"warned that the UK-trained Lebanese army would not "stand idly" by and watch if Israel launches a ground invasion"
EX500rider
Sep 2024
#25
Israel didn't take an inch of the land designated for the Palestinian state.
Beastly Boy
Sep 2024
#32
Hey Nasrallah, how about wiping every last one of you off the face of the Earth and salting the ground where
TheKentuckian
Sep 2024
#23
How would the US or any other country respond to a neighboring country firing thousands of rockets at its towns?
EX500rider
Sep 2024
#18
I've often asked that question, and the only answer I ever get is, "That's completely different!"
DavidDvorkin
Sep 2024
#20
We'd cry havoc & let slip the dogs of war...the JDAM's and Reapers would be overhead in hours
EX500rider
Sep 2024
#21