the american ambassador on the scene robert mcclintock who advised eisenhower not to send the troopsover and over again includingat on the 14th. came up with a brilliant solution. he went to the commander of the army and said why don't we pretend that you have invited the americans to come in to help stabilize the situation. and that the americans are not here because of an intervention but they are here as the gas of the lebanese army as the host. they went along with this fiction. and for the remainder of the americans deployment and beirut technically they were being escorted from place to place by patrols of the lebanese army. avoided as showdown. mcclintock also got the assistance of the secretary of state. the number three in the state department it was sent out by eisenhower with instructions to tell mcclintock to get on the program the program was to support shimon. he got on the ground and said i'm not stupid i will support the ambassadors effort to diffuse the conflict and together the secretary of state robert murphy and robert mcclintock began engaging with the various le