Blue Bat
operation, 14 thousand marines on our soil in 1958 because – you guessed it –
we could not agree on a new president. Blue Bat tried to make peace among
different Lebanese factions but in the words of a combat ready marine who
landed on a beach full of soda vendors and bikini clad women: “It’s better than
Korea. But what the hell is is it?” – to our credit, we are still trying to
find out what the hell it is.