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AS WE ASSEMBLED HERE FOR THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE MARINE BOMBING OF THE BARRACKS IN BEIRUT, LEBANON,... |
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FROM THE PRESIDENT OF UNITED STATES, AT THE GOVERNMENT OF LEBANON AND NOT REQUEST, I HAVE ORDERED... |
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THESE MARINES WENT ASHORE ON A DANGEROUS LAND IN DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES. |
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SEVERAL ROTATIONS OF MARINE SUPPLIES TO PARENT. THE MARINES CONDUCTING PATROLS WITH THEIR LEBANESE... |
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IN 1983, EXTREMISTS STRUCK THE FIRST MAJOR BLOWS AGAINST AMERICA STARTING THIS LONG WAR ON TERRORISM.... |
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THE DEVASTATION WAS SO TOTAL IT SEEMED INCREDIBLE AT FIRST SIGHT THAT ANYONE COULD SURVIVE. |
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THE BUILDING COLLAPSED. THE FOUR FLOORS PANCAKED INTO EACH OTHER. MARINES WENT INTO RECOVERY EFFORTS.... |
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TODAY WE ARE TAKING THE FIGHT TO THE ENEMY IN IRAQ AND HERE IN AFGHANISTAN. |
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ONLY A FEW AMERICANS AND OUR HISTORY CHOOSE THE DANGEROUS BUT NECESSARY WORK OF FIGHTING OUR NATION'S... |
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AS WE GATHER TO CELEBRATE THE BIRTH THEOF OUR CORPS, S. |
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KNOW THAT WE ARE PROUD OF WHO YOU ARE AND WHAT YOU DO. YOU ARE THE HEROES OF THIS GENERATION. HAPPY... |
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GOOD EVENING, THIS IS JIM WEBB. I WOULD LIKE TO WISH A VERY SPECIAL EVENING TO MY FELLOW MARINES... |
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AND MOST OF MY PANELISTS HERE NEED NO INTRODUCTION, BUT LET IT GO DOWN THE LINE SO YOU CAN ORIENT... |
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THANK YOU. AND LET ME START OFF BY SAYING WHAT HONOR IS TO BE HERE AMONG SUCH A DISTINGUISHED PANEL... |
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I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO HOLD THAT RIGHT THERE SO WE CAN MOVE ON DOWN, AND MAYBE WE CAN GET BACK TO... |
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WELL, LET ME START BY IT SAYING THAT IN MY OPINION, AND THAT IS ALL OF YOU OUT THERE HAVE TO SORT... |
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COLONEL, YOU WERE THE COMMANDER AT THE TIME AND YOU'RE GIVEN THE MISSION OF PEACEKEEPING AND YOU ARE... |
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THE MISSION WAS A MISSION OF PRESENCE AND THIS MISSION WAS PURPOSELY AMBIGUOUS. IN THE CONTEXT THAT... |
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I WOULD LIKE TO GO NOW TO THE FIRST BATTALION, EIGHTH MARINES, A BATTALION COMMANDER. COLONEL, YOU... |
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FIRST PUBLIC THANK THE MUSEUM AND THE MARINE BASE IN QUANTICO FOR PUTTING ON THIS FORUM. I AM HONORED... |
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THANK YOU, CONNELL. |
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WHEN I ARRIVED IN TO RELIEVE MY PREDECESSOR THE FIRST THING I DID WAS GO OUT ON THE PERIMETER AND... |
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GOOD EVENING. IT IS AN HONOR FOR ME TO BE HERE THIS EVENING. I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME ALL OF MY FELLOW... |
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THANK YOU, VERY MUCH, BOB. I WANT TO JUST START OFF BY SAYING THAT I AGREE TOTALLY WITH THE THOUGHTS... |
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HYGIENE. WHEN WE WENT INTO LEBANON, WE CAME DOWN WITH A TIME OF DIARRHEA AND DYSENTERY. WE DID NOT... |
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HE COULD NOT BE A MARINE. HE HAD TO TAKE AN OATH WHEN HE WAS 18. SO, HE COULD NOT COME INTO THE COURT.... |
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YOU CANNOT SAY THAT, BUT I CAN. LET ME QUIT THERE, BECAUSE I'M SURE THAT PEOPLE HAVE QUESTIONS. |
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THANK YOU, GENERAL GRAY. I WANT TO ASK EACH OF OUR PANELISTS, IN A FEW WORDS, TO TALK ABOUT WHAT THE... |
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IT WAS MENTIONED JUST MOMENTS AGO THE MARINES STARTED TRAINING THE LEBANESE ARMY IN DECEMBER OF 1982.... |
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GENERAL CALLIE? |
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I THINK ONE OF THE POINTS I WOULD LIKE TO EXERCISE IS THE CHAIN OF COMMAND. YOU HAVE TO REALIZE THAT... |
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I HAVE NEVER SEEN IT, BUT ALLEGEDLY, WHICH CAME IN AND NO ONE HAS SEEN IT. |
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IT IS NOT IN THE ARCHIVES, EITHER. |
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THOSE ARE SOME OF THE PERPLEXING THINGS WHEN YOU REALIZE THAT I MADE FOUR TRIPS TO LEBANON IN THE.... |
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20, GENERAL. COLONEL GARY? |
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TO HITCHHIKE ON HIS COMMENT, IT WAS THE FLIGHT MAST -- THE CONFRONTATION THAT HE WAS ALLUDING TO WAS... |
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AM I ON? THE FIRST THING I LIKE TO DO IS TO PUBLICLY THANK GENERAL KILLING AND GENERALGREY FOR THE... |
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I THINK THAT THE IRANIANS TAKING HOSTAGES IN 1979 THAT WAS THE BEGINNING OF TERRORISM. THEY HAVE GOT... |
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THANK YOU, COLONEL. |
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IT HAS BEEN 25 YEARS AND THERE HAVE BEEN A NUMBER OF CONFRONTATIONS SINCE THAT PARTICULAR TIME. THAT... |
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THANK YOU, SIR. BEFORE WE GO TO GENERAL GREAT FOR HIS FINAL COMMENTS, CLAUDE HAS ASKED FOR 30 SECONDS... |
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I JUST WANT TO MAKE ONE COMMENT TO FOLLOW UP ON WHAT IS ALREADY BEEN SAID. I DO NOT KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER,... |
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WE WILL NOT TAKE QUESTIONS FROM THE FLOOR. DO HAVE ANYBODY THAT WANTS TO ASK OUR PANEL ANY QUESTIONS?... |
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CAN YOU HEAR ME? |
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IS IT ON? |
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I DO NOT THINK SO. CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? OK, I AM LIEUTENANT COLONEL JESS LANDAU, UNITED STATES FIELD... |
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THANK YOU, SIR. [APPLAUSE] |
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I AM AS SOMEONE WHO IS TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THIS ENTIRE EXPERIENCE, WHY IS THERE NO RETALIATION? ... |
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THE QUESTION IS, WHY WAS THERE A RETALIATION, AND IF THERE WAS, WHAT WAS IT? |
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YOU HAVE BEEN TALKING TO SOMEBODY IN THE AUDIENCE WHOM I KNOW, IT SEEMS. LET ME PUT IT THIS WAY. ... |
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LET ME JUST ADD, RETALIATION AGAINST WHOM? YOU ARE NOT FIGHTING A CONVENTIONAL FORCE. SO IT WAS DIFFICULT... |
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DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? |
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YES IT DOES. |
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GOOD QUESTION. |
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I AM STILL CONFUSED. BECAUSE WHEN GENERAL KELLY SAYS THERE WAS NO RETALIATION, I SEEM TO REMEMBER... |
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I THINK THAT WHAT YOU ARE REFERRING TO IS THE SHOOTING DOWN OF THE A-6 AND A-7. IS THAT WHAT YOU ARE... |
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POSSIBLY, YOU MEAN THOSE TWO PLANTS? |
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WHAT HAPPENED WAS THE SYRIANS BROUGHT IN SOME AAA CAPABILITIES. THE CARRIER LAUNCHED A STRIKE AGAINST... |
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I THINK THERE WAS ANOTHER STORY, SIR, ABOUT AN ISRAELI STRIKE IN THE FRENCH STRIKE. |
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THE ISRAELIS DID STRIKE AND THE ISRAELIS WANTED US TO STRIKE. THAT WAS DISCUSSED. THERE ARE A LOT... |
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THE FRENCH DID STRIKE THE NEXT DAY AGAINST A HAS A LOT BARRACKS -- AGAINST THE HEZBOLLAH BARRACKS... |
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TO HAVE MORE QUESTIONS? LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE THANK YOU FOR COMING TO THIS 25TH BEIRUT RETROSPECTIVE.... |
NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.
