They died. instead. while they were deployed to a place where our direct national security interests were not at stake. where they were asked to perform a mission which was only vaguely defined. in an effort to achieve a policy objective which even today remains unclear. They were killed while they were attempting to achieve peace in a troubled foreign land. We should remember that our initial involvement in Beirut was a political and military success. just as our initial involvement in relieving the famine in Somalia was a political and military success. However. upon completion of the original mission in Beirut and the redeployment of the marines to vessels off the coast. the marines were sent back ashore in response to the senseless massacre of refugees. The political objective of this second deployment ashore was not clear. The military objective. therefore. was not clear.
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