A nuclear Iran is a nonstarter and for the first time in two generations a president is refusing to punt the problem but instead is averting another day of American infamy;

Greg Maresca ——Bio and Archives--March 13, 2026

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When the phrase “days of infamy” is mentioned, two dates come to the forefront for most Americans: December 7, 1941, and September 11, 2001. For me, there are three and has been since 2001. Tucked between 1941 and 2001 is October 23, 1983.

Iran’s ruling theocracy has behaved less like a government and more like a crusading political cult armed with a messianic blueprint

This particular date draws a blank for the majority of Americans especially for the Generation Z young man who questioned it. For Marines in 1983, it was anything but. On a Sunday morning at 0622 hours nearly 12,000 pounds of TNT exploded destroying the Marine Barracks at the Beirut International Airport. It was one of the largest non-nuclear explosions ever recorded that killed 241 and was the deadliest attack on Marines since Iwo Jima in 1945.

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