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2016 Postmortem

KinMd

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6. 241 US servicemen die in Lebanon

Reply to otohara (Original post)

Wed Nov 14, 2012, 10:58 AM

Nov 2012

October 23 1983, when their barracks is destroyed by a truck bomb. Where was the security then, why were they left to die in their beds? OF course Reagan was President so we wont go into it

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McCain: 4 American's R Dead, 4 American's R Dead [View all] otohara Nov 2012 OP

What about the thousands of our troops who died? Stargazer09 Nov 2012 #1

McCain you warmonger--what about all the dead Americans & others in Iraq and WI_DEM Nov 2012 #2

40000 a year die from lack of adequate health care.... bowens43 Nov 2012 #3

Where was he when 3,000 died in NYC? bamacrat Nov 2012 #4

where was he when 4500 died in Iraq? underthematrix Nov 2012 #5

4500? That's not even close. Jackpine Radical Nov 2012 #8

In fairness, McCain was only concerned about American casualties so this kept it in common terms. Zynx Nov 2012 #12

241 US servicemen die in Lebanon KinMd Nov 2012 #6

McCain is a gd nut n/t doc03 Nov 2012 #7

Well John2 Nov 2012 #9

Why do these clowns get all the attention?? Too much TV time devoted to them. LeftInTX Nov 2012 #10

I don't remember any outrage beachbumbob Nov 2012 #11

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