I understand. It’s just that we seem to gloss over the failings of our own.
Beirut was FUBAR, I was there in the spring of 83. Disgraceful. But not the same as not responding to a besieged Alamo begging for help that was nearby but not sent, due to Obama HIDING LIKE A COWARD all night, in order not to be put on the spot to either grant or deny CBA.
Never mind “stand down,” that is not the point.
No CBA = No timely outside rescue = Americans die (so Obama can get reelected without risking a “Black Hawk Down” that he ordered. IOW, he “wrote off” the Americans, and planned the video lie to cover it up.