Posted on 02/05/2011 6:28:16 AM PST by Kaslin
Judging by Beruit, I’d say he would pull out all US personnel and troops and then just ignore it.
Reagan was responsible for essentially ‘giving’ Lebanon to Syria and leaving Israel to deal with the mess.
You can’t ask what Reagan would do regarding Egypt without also asking about Iran.
Obama supports the oppressors in Iran and the demonstrators in Egypt.
One thing that’s sure if we had Reagan today: he would not be Obama-esque.
Plan A.
The bombing starts in five minutes.
That’s a fair cop.
That’s a fair cop.
That’s a fair cop.
I know there is a mythos concerning Reagan and I agree with most of it. But he did nothing at all in the ME.
He allowed Iran to fester and turned his back on Lebanon.
He was just more concerned with other issues. There are enough real, solid, accomplishments in Reagan’s file. There is no need to make up ME accomplishments which do not exist.
ME is a lose lose. We should get the hell out of there and never go back. Send the Muzzies back and close the chapter.
Yep.
Increase domestic oil and leave the ME to choke on sand.
I’m all for that but it will never happen as long as we have a Saudi worshipping Muzzi president. Its a shame. We have enough oil to drown ME and we are forbidden to drill it.
An oversimplification, but good enough for debate nonetheless. Do not forget that Reagan was of a (l)ibertarian mindset. To assign or suggest the outcome of foreign lands' governance is a success or failure of an American president assumes a neo-conservative world view.
I'm not so sure he "left" them to Israel either. Had he really "done" that...you might not be able to travel several of those places without a geiger counter.
He would have said: “Tear down that sphincter…I mean Sphinx.”
(It’s a slow Saturday, folks, but I love it. Please don’t take offence.)
“Reagan was responsible for essentially ‘giving’ Lebanon to Syria and leaving Israel to deal with the mess.”
You cannot protect yourself without a loaded weapon. Beirut was totally preventable. A Marine with a loaded weapon would have taken the bombers out before they reached the embassy.
While it doesn’t absolve Reagan from pulling out, it does absolve him from continuing to keep unarmed marines in harms way.
Nothing, maybe less than nothing, cannot shell the place, battle ship is retired.
Nothing, maybe less than nothing, cannot shell the place, battle ship is retired.
Nothing, maybe less than nothing, cannot shell the place, battle ship is retired.
I know. And you are correct.
That was a very weird time in the American military. The entire military was suffering PTSD from Viet Nam.
I myself was ordered on patrol with an unloaded weapon. We had loaded mags but kept them on our belts.
This was a time when wacko Leftists controlled the military. They wanted to project strength but were scared to death that we might actually shoot somebody.
So, yeah. It was a strange era and Ronnie did what he thought was right under the circumstances.
Egypt would never have gotten to this state under Reagan.
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