- United States
- Ga.
- Letter
President Trump is trying to repeat a well-known blunder from recent US history. In 1983 President Reagan sent the US Marines to Beirut, Lebanon, as ostensible peacekeepers. That mission was ill-conceived from a military point of view: Our guys were essentially deployed in a fishbowl, visible from all sides and in easy range of snipers and infantry weapons which carried out steady harrassing fire. Then Islamic Jihad, linked with Hezbollah, used a truck bomb to kill 240-some Marines in one shot. To recap: The President sent the US military on a poorly defined mission for the sake of political showmanship, and US service members died. Please continue and hasten preparations for Trump's impeachment so he can be removed from office as soon as possible.