In a commentary published by the Huffington Post a few days ago, Kennedy Jr. articulates how the republican party in congress has reached a new low by their lack of patriotism concerning the Benghazi terror attack. His comments were on target and should be the subject on the Sunday talk shows as a reminder to the people of what good journalism is all about.
Kennedy pointed out how in a meeting with President Ronald Reagan, Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger and Democratic speaker of the U.S. House Tip O'Neill opposed Reagan's decision to send the U.S. Marines to Beirut in 1983 after Israel invaded Lebanon and was catching flak for their invasion. The Marines had no mission but to just be there as peace keepers and Reagan did not want them to look aggressive so they had no ammo, not even the Marine guards who guarded the Marines compound that housed them.
Terrorists trucked bombed the Marine compound that killed 241 Marines that day, the most Marine deaths in one day since Iwo Jima. Kennedy reported that Tip O'Neill's opposition against sending the Marines to Beirut was so strong it took President Reagan by surprise. O'Neill knew the Marines would be sitting ducks for terrorists. Before the meeting broke up, O'Neill touched Reagan's arm and wished him good luck.
After that tragic attack on the Marine compound, Tip O'Neill told the democrats in congress now was the time to be patriotic and not to play politics with the tragedy and that they should rally behind the President and support him. And that is what the democratic party in congress did.
When one compares how the democratic party handled that situation to how the republican party is handling Benghazi and other issues of President Obama in an attempt to destroy his administration speaks loud and clear just how unAmerican the conservative ideology is today in the republican party. Kennedy's commentary is a stark reminder just how far the republican party has poisoned our political system called congress.
And "PolitiDose" has been in the fore front of pointing that out many times over.
This commentary written by John Lucia.
