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To: FJB who wrote (418295)	3/23/2011 8:44:15 AM
From: goldworldnet	Respond to of 793964

That's all we need. Let them fight their own war... * * *

To: FJB who wrote (418295)	3/23/2011 8:54:12 AM
From: LindyBill	5 Recommendations Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793964

2200 marines from the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, or 26th MEU will take part. "To the Shores" Can anybody say, "Mission Creep?" How about, "not worth the bones of one Marine."

To: FJB who wrote (418295)	3/23/2011 3:05:32 PM
From: ManyMoose	1 Recommendation Respond to of 793964

The Marines can handle it. The Battle of Derne was the first recorded land battle of the United States on foreign soil after the American Revolutionary War.[4] The battle was the decisive action of the First Barbary War, although Eaton was angered by what he called a 'sell-out' between Consul Lear and the bey. Hamet returned to Egypt and the mercenaries were never fully paid. William Eaton returned to the United States as a national hero. First Lt. O'Bannon was presented a Mameluke sword by Hamet, the Ottoman Empire viceroy, on December 8, 1805, as a gesture of respect and praise for the Marines' actions and later was awarded a sword of honor patterned on the Mameluke design by his home state of Virginia (which led to adoption of the sword by all U.S. Marine officers to this day).[5] The attack on the city was the inspiration for a portion of the lyrics of the Marines' Hymn that mention "to the shores of Tripoli".[6]