The Root: The Marines in Beirut, August 1982-February 1984

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Summary: International Terrorism made heroic
Review: A very good book that tells it like it is. I know, I was there. Mr. Hammel's book should be required reading in every high school in America.

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Summary: Well done
Review: A very good book that tells it like it is. I know, I was there. Mr. Hammel's book should be required reading in every high school in America.

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Summary: International Terrorism made heroic
Review: This books makes the tragic marine occupation a heroic act, one warranted and needed, while ignoring the absolutlely unarguable role "The Root" played in advancing the United State's colonial-style role in the Middle East. This book should not ignore the Marines who died but make clear that they, like the Lebanese and Palestinians, are the victims of the United States attempt to gain contorl over the region. It was the United States who incited and allowed Isreal to attack Lebanon, the United States who funded the Isrealis, and the United States who can be counted as responsible for the massacres in Sabra, Shatilla, and the chaos brought upon Beirut. This book hails the actions of the government as heroic, ignoring their self-intereseted, despotic, international tyranny and attempts to gain power at any end, over the lives of Marines, Lebanese, and Palestinians. The Root would be better known as The Massacre.

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Summary: Wonderful, the truth
Review: This wonderful account tells the story of the peacekeeping Americans who came to Beirut to help aid the peace efforts of the international community. Instead the Americans only found bloodshed as fascist terrorists bombed their barracks and their embassy, all this because the Americans dared to try to prevent the genocide taking place against the christians of lebanon. This book explains how the terrorists bombed the americans so the americans would leave and the terrorists could go back to committing genocide while no one watched. A wonderful account, a great anecdote that shows how the war on terror should not be fought.

Rating:
Summary: Wonderful, the truth
Review: This wonderful account tells the story of the peacekeeping Americans who came to Beirut to help aid the peace efforts of the international community. Instead the Americans only found bloodshed as fascist terrorists bombed their barracks and their embassy, all this because the Americans dared to try to prevent the genocide taking place against the christians of lebanon. This book explains how the terrorists bombed the americans so the americans would leave and the terrorists could go back to committing genocide while no one watched. A wonderful account, a great anecdote that shows how the war on terror should not be fought.