The Real Targets

59 Tomahawk Cruise Missiles, fired from two US Navy ships. They hit their Syrian targets, an airbase, where we're told the chemical weapons attack against Assad's own people was launched. No one has said how many have died. We've seen some damage reports, but don't really know if the missiles were effective in damaging the Syrian military. But the attack did serve it's purpose.

1983 Beirut, Lebanon

Something happened.  It was ugly.  Bad.  I guess that one says ugly then bad is implied. 23 OCT 1983: Two suicide attackers drove, struck, and killed.  241 US "peacekeepers", mostly Marines, died.  So did 58 members of the French military.  Six civilians as well.  Oh, and yeah, the suicide bombers.  For two it was a … Continue reading 1983 Beirut, Lebanon