That Washington Post article is from September.

One on the US diplomatic compound, which dwarfs anything that happened in Benghazi, and the marine barracks attack.

- C.D. Proud Member of the Reality Based Community

But the OP specifically says that the article was after the marine barracks bombing, which is impossible.

But the overall point remains. Ambassadors, members of his own administration, died. And Reagan rode his horse.
So Republican attacks on Obama, trying to say that he should "come home" and do nothing, while engaged in a particularly important diplomatic opening with Cuba, is particularly churlish.

- C.D. Proud Member of the Reality Based Community

Huge difference, huge.

Since that happened over a month later than the date of the Washington Post article.

Something isn't right here.

It must have been in response to a different incident.

I was only like 5 in 83 so I have no recollection of the events.

He was either himself, an idiot, or suffering from his Alzheimer's disease....

In either case his response to stuff was usually convoluted or just plain wrong.

He did do the right thing with Beirut, pulling them out, but it was a no brainer I guess.

If Obama does something like that, we will NEVER hear the end of it.

As I pointed out above, there is no way this could have been in response to the Beirut marine barracks bombing since that happened over a month after the date of the Washington Post article in the OP.

...and ordered up a Michael Bey movie that implies Reagan was at fault.

by non-lawyers

So freaking tired of all this ginned up BS anti-Obama faux rage. Shrub stayed on vacation while hundreds were being killed in NO and didn't even bother to check on the facts, Raygun stayed on vacation while our troops were killed, crickets from the press. An attack is held in Belgium and 30 people killed and it's a national tragedy that Obama doesn't drop everything and do "something"?

Again, so freaking tired of the total hypocricy of the Repugs and their msm tools.

in search of a rationale ...

Whatever happened to not criticizing the CIC while troops are in the field?

They have no problem lambasting Obama while we have troops overseas.

Reagan did not stay on vacation after the Beirut marine barracks bombing. The newspaper article in the OP is in reference to something else. The date of the article is over a month before the marine barracks bombing occurred.

Sorry about that. I still stand by the Bush comments, though. I do remember exactly when that happened, especially because I had just returned from NO 2 months prior.

Reagan didn't want US servicemen dying on his watch. He was like Nixon in that regard.

like nixon

in that regard

Since Reagan pulled the troops out of Beirut, no American troops have been killed by Hezbollah. I think it might still hold true up to today. There could be a lesson here.

But I guess one can say that since our troops were pulled out of Vietnam, no American troops have been killed by the Vietnamese. Go figure...

I wonder if Beirut will ever return to its former glory.

What would that have accomplished? Security was already overextended from responding to the attacks and you want a president of another country come in and complicate security issues further?

And then there are the Rushbots who thought Obama should have gone back to DC. What could he have done there that he couldn't do from Cuba?

Obama will draw fake outrage from these people no matter what. It's almost a crime that people who are this ignorant are allowed to vote.

baseball game. He was establishing a friendly rapport with Cuba, its leaders, and its people.

They act like he's on vacation when he's in the middle of a historic visit that will resonate for generations.

always drop what he is doing and rush to the Oval Office when it does, especially when thered is nothing he could do from there anyway.

about the downing of Korean Air Lines Flight 007.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1983/09/04/planes-tragic-odyssey-mysterious/d28343cd-c440-46b6-8575-3c2611ed124a/

….apply only to Obama. Because.

Embassy Marines had to rescue American citizens from their homes that the chinese were shooting at to prevent them from watching or photographing from their windows.

Obama is mentioned no where. Good lord!

Also, try googling "irony" and "sarcasm"

If you need an explanation of the point, PM me

Adding another to my Block list.

So that's well into the time period Hillary claims were golden years of HIV advocacy and working for the people, we are not allowed to speak the truth about this.

But this is Hillary we're talking about, so she's obviously a felonious liar without a heart.

she got caught.

Good post.

Different but...Bush and New Orleans...grrrrrr!

was already taking place, the ships and Marines were steaming toward Grenada on ships when the bomb went off, and 47 hours after the bombing, the Army was already parachuted in and engaged in combat at the airport.

*edit: Good to see t his post is an attack on the attack.

light hands, soft-eyed happy horse. That equine love was Reagans best quality IMO.

The entire world is still paying a horrible, painful price for what the reagan administration did. If there is an afterlife, reagan is not in a good place.