President Reagan's Remarks on Marine Barracks Bombing in Lebanon on October 23, 1983

Full Title: President Reagan, Nancy Reagan arrive on Marine One. The President makes statement to press in the rain on Lebanon Marine Barracks bombing, Meeting in Situation Room on Lebanon Marine Barracks bombing on October 23, 1983
Creator(s): President (1981-1989 : Reagan). White House Television Office. 1/20/1981-1/20/1989 (Most Recent)
Series: Video Recordings, 1/20/1981 - 1/20/1989
Collection: Records of the White House Television Office (WHTV) (Reagan Administration), 1/20/1981 - 1/20/1989
Transcript: www.reaganlibr...
Production Date: 10/23/1983
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Contact(s): Ronald Reagan Library (LP-RR), 40 Presidential Drive, Simi Valley, CA 93065-0600
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National Archives Identifier:75718022
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[@thomascline8882]

No teleprompter needed. Spoken from the heart.

[@nad1ax2]

Reagan had ordered the Marines into Lebanon without a clear achievable mission, into the middle of a brutal sectarian civil war, killing 241 marines

[@brianpaul8572]

@@nad1ax2 their soldiers, they sign up for this. They all know the risks when they go into battle or provide a peace buffer zone. They don’t want to stay home and suck their thumbs.

[@pauly260]

@@brianpaul8572spoken like a true chicken hawk

[@andante005]

For those younger than me, and that is so many........This is a caring Human Being. This is why, even among Democrats, they at the very least really respected this man. 49 states vs. 1 electoral college victory. Just as a reminder.

[@sheriagreen8007]

Corporal Davin Marcell Green killed in this bombing. My Brother & Hero.

[@zerocool1344]

RIP

[@randythomas3478]

Respect

[@hadezz371]

Lool shouldn’t have gone 😂

[@MorningInAmerica_Nov_5_2024]

​@@hadezz371Scram, cockroach.

[@michaelpribble7391]

Sorry for your loss

[@jeffreyfreeman4843]

That’s a PRESIDENT ❤️

[@jjj1951]

Should have been impeached over it

[@JavierMartinez-rc6xp]

Notice how this President holds his own umbrella....no wonder we Marines loved him....

[@JohnSmith-ps7wp]

Reagan could barely stand upright: www.reaganfoundation.org/media/130264/c1519-6.jpg

[@kidmack1121]

I also noticed that he had a obligation to avenge those Marines, and back up all of his tuff talk. Instead, he did nothing... and by year's end 1988 we knew why. All talk and no pants

[@louiev5346]

Kid Mack you have no idea what you’re talking about

[@bidenwearstrumpscrappypamp1829]

Kid Mack we had no obligation in Lebanon.

[@Propelled]

I was a few miles away. Never forget.

[@BostonBruinsOWN]

My dad was on the boat that took the marines there. Had 2 friends in the bunker.

[@denisek292]

I’m so sorry your dad lost friends at the hands of terrorists. Those scars rarely fade.

[@Tacoman1967]

He didn't walk off into the trees like Joe.

[@jjj1951]

Yet he lost the most marines on one day since WWII

[@Tacoman1967]

@jjj1951 Joe made up for it with fentanyl deaths and terror attacks.

[@Tacoman1967]

@jjj1951 Joe made up for it with fentanyl deaths and terror attacks.

[@timsimmons9995]

A long time ago the US POTUS office was held with dignity and honor...

[@AsemSaleh]

Dignity and honor! What a joke! Regan was a fascist who is responsible for creating Al-Qaeda.

[@jjj1951]

Yet he lost 220 marines in one day

[@mfarmer2742]

Bertram Daniel Corcoran killed in this bombing. Joined the Marines at age 16 murdered at 19.

[@mfarmer2742]

@P.G. Borg He joined at the age of 16 with his parents permission.

[@mfarmer2742]

@P.G. Borg I always thought they should bring back jail or the military but I've been told the military doesn't want to put up with them.

[@MrPolicekarim]

I heard that led to major problems, like them selling weapons to their gang banger buddies and the like. Lots of discipline problems.@@PGB19D

[@365-hi2u]

💔

[@Yobbie72]

The saddest day of the Reagan Presidency

[@stevegreer5230]

YES Sir. I remember it well.

[@futbolero10]

That and a close second the challenger disaster

[@thoroughbred-hp4ms]

Terrorism against us and reagan didn't do shit

[@thoroughbred-hp4ms]

@@mrbevelaqua8649 WHAT ABOUT APRIL 1983 WHEN THE TERRORISTS HIT THE U.S. EMBASSY IN BEIRUT KILLING 17 AMERICAN EMBASSY WORKERS AND REAGAN DIDN'T DO SHIT. ARE YOU ON THE FAKE FOX NEWS KOOLAID ?

[@thoroughbred-hp4ms]

@@mrbevelaqua8649 READ BEFORE YOU COMMENT SOMETHING

[@alexsaraza9749]

A presidential statement is so much better when it is not read off a script.

[@tom4150]

His actions were horrible. He was a flip flopping coward who pulled out troops after over 200 Marines were killed. Reagan is one of the worst presidents ever

[@leoappelbaum2010]

Best President Ever.

[@jjj1951]

And lost 220 Marines in one day on his watch

[@justinliu7357]

America withdraws after bombing and Hezbollah go Brrrrrrrrr

[@liberty1981]

We should have never been over there. May their souls rest.

[@charbelchwairi3758]

Life doesn't work by what you were planning back then. Either help for real. Or get youre yellow asses back to Europe to were uou belong. And leave America for the natives.

[@charbelchwairi3758]

100000**** marines.

[@JohnRodriguez-zn4gf]

Yes, they were suppose to send "NATO" pitches, not the Marines. Fuck Regan the mother fucker dead president. Unnecessary lost of Marines. The Marines were like sitting ducks with no reason to be there and no mission to accomplish.

[@Perhapsawiseman]

40 yrs ago, today.

[@paiaam]

1:31 Inspector Clouseau was there too

[@Tacoman1967]

That hat was straight out of a 1979 JC Penney catalog.

[@maldog4303]

A true American President 🇺🇸 Dan M. USMC Beirut Veteran.

[@mckfc7193]

The way he didn't do shit was brave. Why does the US and israel always run like cowards when Iran bitch slaps them?

[@yesihaveasmallpenisbut5422]

@@mckfc7193 Iran is shit and deserves to be toppled, and so do you.

[@bloodyapril6392]

+@@yesihaveasmallpenisbut5422 We toppled it in 1953 when we overthrew President Mozadech and installed Right Wing Fascist Dictator, Shah of Iran.

[@xNICAxMaX1MuS]

Sheep

[@hadezz371]

Cow

[@Mom-USMCRichardUSMCChristopher]

Very sincere sadness from President Reagan. A true man of honor

[@bloodyapril6392]

True piece of S...!

[@tom4150]

The coward flip flopper? The guy who sent in the troops and couldn't get justice. Easily one of the worst presidents ever

[@Mom-USMCRichardUSMCChristopher]

@@tom4150 🥀🇺🇸🥀 Are you a Brandon fan? Sounds like it. 🇺🇸🥀🇺🇸

[@tom4150]

@@Mom-USMCRichardUSMCChristopher we know you are a Joe Biden hater. Go praise Orange clown criminal you MAGA sheep

[@shawnyoung8752]

​@@Mom-USMCRichardUSMCChristopher230 marines killed while sleeping. To protect who? This is same guy who ignored CDC and WHO that let aids spread. Plus his trickledown economics was just like a 2017 tax cut for rich. Did nothing to help stop Russia invading afghans. Iran contra? Doesn't ring a bell? Since 1980. American worker gained 4% in 30 years. Corporate heads and companies? 400% that was 13 years ago. Hillary is blamed for 8 lives. Ok. What about 230 in their sleep?

[@bloodyapril6392]

Thank You! For invading Grenada. Mr. Freedom lover. Must have scared the Hell out of Hezbollah. 241 Marines blown to bits. Mr. Iran-Contra who armed freedom lovers in Afghanistan.

[@billmason2785]

Invaded Grenada after communist forces held students hostage

[@Retsler54]

He kept it short and made it great. Said not too much or too little. Yes you can see he is sad...and angry too

[@tom4150]

He should be angry at himself. His dumb actions caused this. He was a flip flopping coward that couldn't get justice for over 200 killed Marines

[@richardchapman3671]

I joined the Marines on the 1 year anniversary in high school. I was enraged.

[@jjj1951]

And what did it prove?

[@richardchapman3671]

@jjj1951 My eternal loyalty to the safety of this great nation. I proudly defended Her and was a better man for it.

[@matthewpeach9551]

A True Leader ! !

[@jjj1951]

Hahaha

[@georgesabol459]

I remember this like it was yesterday. We were assembled that Sunday morning and told to be prepared. Bugged out shortly after, our battalion of Marines was on an escort destroyer. We flew to Guam. God what a sight!!! Watched the New Jersey take care of business. The Eisenhower was also there. From what I'm told a better part of Lebanon is still in ruins today. I believe that Iran was particularly or wholly responsible for both attacks . God bless President Reagan, Our beloved Marines who perished. I will never forget. U. S. MARINE Lance Corporal.

[@bloodyapril6392]

Yeah! Invading Grenada must have frightened Hezbollah. I,m sure somewhere Osama was watching and laughing at this clown.

[@anthonyfelker1712]

It was Hezbuolla, Iranian terrorist organization. There is a plaque in Tehran for the martyr who drove the vehicle through the gate. I was a Marine Corporal, just getting back from a deployment overseas. I was Duty NCO that night for the company. It was a Saturday night/ Sunday morning stateside. I remember the number of dead Marines coming in. They kept climbing! The guards were not allowed to insert a loaded magazine in their weapons. All crowded in one building! How wrong they were done. I’m just going leave it at that.

[@mikeconklin1567]

He sent in the Battleship New Jersey and bombarded the area with 16” projectiles.

[@jjj1951]

Yeah that really scared them I bet

[@tchamseddine1787]

Sorry you should've stayed out of Lebanon. RIP to the soldiers but also RIP to all the civilians killed by Israel and the US. Then you guys got kicked out by Hezbollah and they are stronger than ever.

[@e3chosen]

Why were they there?

[@Larry-v9r]

We went there to first evacuate foreign dignitaries and then the PLO. After we evacuated the PLO, some radicals went into PLO camps and slaughtered the women and children. We then floated around the Med for 2 months until we were deployed as peacekeepers, which didn't work too well.

[@pm-bg9mu]

Peace keepers

[@Jesco0108]

Ever seen Biden walk from Marine 1 like that.....just saying

[@donaldzinman2184]

I appreciate his remarks, but that mission to Lebanon in 1982-83 was foolish and ill-conceived.

[@boring247boring5]

2022?

[@MapleSyrupPoet]

Leaders speak like this 👏

[@jjj1951]

Leaders own up to losing 220 Marines in one day

[@joeharris3878]

When was the last time the US navy and / or military not at war overseas ? (Carter was president)

[@destroyerarmor]

Lebanon defended themselves from external aggression

[@Miodrag.Vukomanovic]

Osama did that too but of course they don't want to say he was a freedom fighter. The terrorists who started ww1 were called "nationalists".

[@karleid2794]

No the usa was supporting the lebanese governement against terrorists

[@Terrychrist]

And after he pulled American forces from that area. Surprisingly tho he was in favor of a two state solution.

[@cvoxoisgodly]

Interesting

[@wilsonmontana1274]

I am 67. We've had a few really good Presidents in my lifetime(Nixon, Reagan, Trump) and some bad ones. None were as bad as Obama and Biden. Carter was in over his head but he wasn't evil. He didn't purposely tear America apart.

[@ghassanjneinaty4421]

George W bush teared the while middle east apart due to his war in Iraq which was based on lies

[@michaelpribble7391]

Agree Obama/Biden are the worst Presidents ever and Carter at least didn't try to Divide America

[@HarrisonMilburn]

F

[@pokemonhunter5156]

Hold the L

[@daveyork0]

USA for the L

[@hangukhiphop]

Notice how he hesitates before saying "vital and strategic area." He's an imperialist who knows he has no business sticking his nose in other sovereign nations and he's great at hiding it.

[@rodneymartin6154]

If the US was actually run by imperialists we would own the world by now. We don't do that. We help and support those who are seeking to live without fear and to exercise their God-given rights.

[@bidenwearstrumpscrappypamp1829]

Rodney Martin you are so full of it. We care nothing about sovereign countries WTF kind of drugs are you on? We've been doing non-stop invasions of other countries for the past 20 years 800-900 military bases all over the world and you think it's because we care about the well being of the citizens of foreign countries? Put down that crack pipe little boy and wise up. We spend over $800 billion in our military budget filling the pockets of weapons manufacturers and defense contractors we invade countries like Syria, Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan, Somalia etc. only for the personal gain of valuable resources NOT BECAUSE WE GIVE A DAMN ABOUT THE WELL BEING OF THE PEOPLE!!!! GET A BRAIN!!! Your brain cells are too deep fried on this American Exceptionalism BS!!! WAKE UP!!!!

[@Miodrag.Vukomanovic]

@@rodneymartin6154 no you hide behind the lives of women and children on your true objectives, which is resource acquisition to keep the mighty dollar strong.

[@jackmehoff5523]

Stick it jackwad

[@darrinfry2251]

And we did nothing after that or did we ? We took it like a woman in heat .

[@ladybugpinkpiglet2241]

This is worse than Afghanistan

[@nad1ax2]

Way worse. Reagan had ordered the Marines into Lebanon without a clear achievable mission, into the middle of a brutal sectarian civil war. Not to mention, this came res6 months after a terrorist attack on the US embassy killed 63. No Dems called on Reagan to resign, or said he should be impeached.

[@ladybugpinkpiglet2241]

@@nad1ax2 what happened I'm lost didn't trump campaign in 2020 saying " he defeated ISIS and made a deal with the north Korean leader " well ISIS isn't defeated and north Korea is still making nuclear weapons and trump lied

[@ladybugpinkpiglet2241]

@@nad1ax2 I agree with you Hezbollah attacked the American embassy in April 1983 and in October 1983 Hezbollah attacked the U.S MARINE barracks near the airport in Beirut killing 255 U.S marines and injuring hundreds more and not a single Democrat called for impeachment. Also I believe another attack in Beirut Lebanon took place in September 1984

[@ladybugpinkpiglet2241]

@@nad1ax2 when did trump ever tell the truth ?

[@ladybugpinkpiglet2241]

@@nad1ax2 Democrats should impeach trump for a 4th time for lies about "HE defeated ISIS" He defeated anything

[@eking120]

Bien gracias Les Gaza strip USA frontier USA border

[@victoriakharrat2268]

Big mistake bad decision

[@eking120]

USA border pebbles parades USA frontera esta Gaza

[@NickGlaws]

Last time when GOP Republicans have a sane decent President!

[@xNICAxMaX1MuS]

He was an actor. An actor in the WH lol. No wonder

[@luckynedpepper9030]

When America was a serious nation.

[@asaaaa489]

The words are, they got toasted

[@JEJAK_777]

Never forget, Israel did this.

[@victor256in]

And what action did President Reagan take against Iran? You guessed right. Nothing.

[@Miodrag.Vukomanovic]

He let Saddam do the work for him, even gave him chemical weapons and intel. US looked the other way when he committed atrocities, on the basis that he was fighting a war with Iran, and was a "strategic asset". Only when he threatened the free flow of oil did they intervene.

[@sebastianguevara3615]

@@Miodrag.Vukomanovic Shut Up!!!!!!! Communist Pig!!!!!!! Ronald Reagan Was A Great President And A Great Leader!!!!!!!!

[@Miodrag.Vukomanovic]

@@sebastianguevara3615 what kind of great leader arms and supports terrorists and dictators?

[@johnmoran1537]

from Reagan to biden . wtf

[@directedbytarik2006]

Its a war! People die!

[@marcelchagnon4960]

Reagan is a traitor double the deficit

[@pm-bg9mu]

Troll

[@tom4150]

He was a flip flopping coward who constantly made dumb moves. Definitely one of the worst presidents ever

[@nohandle-f8o]

Fun fact: I was born when the barracks bombing started, just 30 years later -_-

[@Miodrag.Vukomanovic]

Why do we care, narcissist?