Twenty-Four Years Ago Today In Beirut…
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Happy Flag Day America!
Long may she wave… Over the land of the free… …and the home of the brave.
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Well, there is at least ONE foe that has stuck around-and is still spilling American blood- since the Maritime Strategy of ’86 was penned….
Indeed. I am not sure though, is it a transnational foe or a rogue state foe, or a non-state actor, or a terror network? Hmm…
Indeed. I am not sure though, is it a transnational foe or a rogue state foe, or a non-state actor, or a terror network? Hmm…
As my Constitutional Law prof would put on the weekly quizzes – the answer could be “Any, None or All”… (and Skippy knows well of whom I speak…)
– SJS
SJS,
Thanks for the trackback. Trust me, I remember them. I also remember LT. Mark Lange, LT. Bobby Goodman, and CDR Edward K. Andrews (CVW-6) along with all the suits at the Puzzle Palace and Foggy Bottom who got involved in mission planning that lead to thier lost.