That's the facts, jack.
Yes. The facts according to YOU! LOL Well they aren't the historic facts. Lets review, one more time.
After the Beirut bombing in 1983, responsibile parties, or parties taking credit for the bombings ranged from Hezbollah, to the Lebanese Druze, an unnamed Shia terrorist group, Islamic Jihad and several militant Shiite groups, like the Free Islamic Revolutionary Movement. In the 1980`s there were many players in the terrorist world, but there was no definitive answer for who committed the bombings of the military barracks. Period.
Since that time, the closet anyone has come to directly blaming Hezbollah was a District Court Judge named, Royce C. Lamberth. Following a suit filed by some 600 family members against those considered responsible for the barracks bombings, Judge Lamberth concluded in May 2003, the Islamic Republic of Iran was the responsible party in the 1983 Marine Barracks attack. He based this on the grounds that Iran founded Hezbollah and financed the group for years. That was 2003. Not 1983 to 1988, on Reagan's watch as POTUS.
Comparing Clinton to Reagan is a liberal tactic and not worthy of any FReeper. Comparing Reagan to Clinton is comparing apples and oranges. Clinton never responded with anything more then lobbing a few cruise missiles at some questionable terrorist targets. In February 1984, the USS New Jersey fired almost 300 shells at Druze and Syrian positions in the Bekka Valley east of Beirut. Some 30 of these massive projectiles rained down on a Syrian command post, killing the general commanding Syrian forces in Lebanon and several other senior officers. This was the heaviest shore bombardment since the Korean War. Add to this action the other shellings from the USS NJ, and the airstrikes that Reagan ordered against terrorist military camps and its clear that Reagan definitely reacted with more military firepower then Clinton ever did.
I understand some Americans weren't satisfied with Reagan's response. Maybe if George Schultz was the defense secretary and not Cap Weinberger the US military response would have been more severe. However, I find NO fault with Reagan's military response to the barracks bombing. I criticize the US military brass and US intelligence entities for the Beirut bombing having taken place at all. Better rules of engagement and better security at the airport building would have assured the attack would have failed.