Anyone know Romney's responses to the Beirut barracks bombing in 1983?

[Shankapotomus]

Last edited Mon Oct 22, 2012, 07:47 PM - Edit history (3)

I think it can be used to corner Romney on the Benghazi attack.

The Beirut barracks bombing was far worse than Benghazi and it occurred under the first term of Ronald Reagan.

Romney is suggesting the President is a failure because of the Bengahzi attack but if it can be fact checked that Romney held no such criticism of Reagan back in 1983 when over 200 American service personnel and marines were killed in a previously known region for suicide bombings, Romney's criticism of Obama can be shown to be totally dis-ingenuine and hollow.

Does anyone know how Romney voted in 1984?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983_Beirut_barracks_bombing

Update:

What we've learned:

1.) We've established Romney voted for Raygun both times.

2.) We've established Raygun was warned he should move the troops before the Beirut attack and didn't and 241 service personnel were killed as a result.

3.) We know the subtext of Romney's criticism of President Obama is that people shouldn't reelect a President that allegedly slips up on security.

So where does that leave Romney and his criticism of President Obama over the Benghazi issue when we know Romney voted to reelect Raygun?

[veganlush]

1. i think

It was 241 marines killed, , the possibility of which Reagan was warned of, and if memory serves, his reaction was what repubs call "cut and run"

[Shankapotomus]

2. Thanks...

Checked wiki: "the death toll was 241 American servicemen: 220 Marines, 18 sailors and three soldiers..."

cut and run is not the same thing as condemning Reagan.

And, just checked, Romney has stated he has voted for Reagan both times.

That means Romney voted for a president who had 241 u.s. service personnel killed on his watch!

[sad sally]

3. I'd like to hear his outrage over all the attacks from 2002-2008 - the people who are currently

advising him were working for the Bush/Cheney administration.

2002 (Jan) Islamic gunmen attack U.S. Consulate in Calcutta, India, 5 killed
2002 (June ) al-Qaeda truck bomb detonates outside U.S. Consulate in Karachi, Pakistan, 12 killed
2002 (Oct.) Islamic militants bomb U.S. Consular office in Denpasar, Bali, no fatalities
2003 (Feb.) Islamic gunmen attack U.S. Embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan, 2 killed
2004 (June) Suicide bomber attack on U.S. Embassy in Tashkent, 2 killed
2004 (Dec.) al-Qaeda gunmen raid U.S. diplomatic compound in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, 9 killed
2006 (Mar.) Car bomb explodes outside U.S. Embassy in Karachi, Pakistan, 2 killed
2006 (Sept.) Gunmen raid U.S. Embassy in Damascus, Syria, 4 killed
2007 (Jan.) RPG fired at U.S.Embassy in Athens, Greece, no fatalities
2008 (Mar.) Mortar attack against U.S. Embassy in Sana’a, Yemen, 2 killed
2008 (July) Armed attack against U.S. Consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, 6 killed
2008 (Sept.) Two car bombs outside U.S. embassy in Sana’a,Yemen, 16 killed

[TeamPooka]

4. how about 9/11? Happened on Bush's watch and yet no one on the right ever admits it

[Angry Dragon]

5. Raygun was told he should move the troops before the attack

He killed them as sure as if he pulled the trigger

[Shankapotomus]

7. That reinforces it even further

Thanks!

So the subtext of Romney's criticism of Obama for Benghazi is that people shouldn't vote for a President that allegedly slips up on security. And yet Romney still voted for Raygun, who clearly was caught in a major security slip up.

[wilt the stilt]

6. He had no response

he was busy either counting money or masturbating with it.

[Angry Dragon]

8. No difference to Willard