They Came in Peace

On this day in 1983, two trucks carrying explosives blew up two barracks buildings in Beirut, Lebanon resulting in the deadliest attack on Marines since Iwo Jima in 1945.

Today we pause to remember the 220 Marines, 18 U.S. Navy sailors and 3 U.S. Army soldiers killed in the attack.

If you're in Jacksonville NC, please take the time to stop by the memorial. If you've never been there it's a moving experience. If you have been there it's a reminder just what we're dealing with today.

The people who attacked the Marines who were there to protect them from harm, are the same people who are now beheading their prisoners and butchering cities in a way that makes the Japanese rape of Nanking look like a church picnic.