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To: Neocon who wrote (67081)12/17/1999 5:08:00 PM
From: jlallen  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 108807
 
Yes. True. But to clarify, the TACTIC was incorrect. The Beirut mission was not appropriate for the Marines. There are no amount of precautions which could be precisely calculated to stop a determined suicide bomber. The Marines train as a highly mobile heavily armed amphibious assault force. They are not "peacekeepers". JLA