Posted on 08/31/2006 5:43:06 AM PDT by SJackson
If Jimmy Carter had stood by the Shah of Iran in 1978-79 and not allowed the jihadists to take over there, most of what we have now would have been avoided. BJ Klintoon ignored terrorism for eight years because it interfered with his "legacy"/sex life.
I think one of Reagan's few (possibly only) mistakes was not doing anything about the Lebanon Marine barracks bombing in 1983 and then eventually withdrawing from Lebanon. If we had retaliated immediately, things may have gone differently.
The truth of the matter is that from 1979 to 2001, the jihadists were allowed to operate under the assumption that they could attack American interests at will and that our response would be minimal if at all.
Of course, 'history' is a dirty word for Liberals
I disagree, there is "peoples" history, "womens" (or wymns) history.....
So, should the United States be tough or friendly with law-and-order types like Egypt's Hosni Mubarak, the Gulf sheiks or Libya's Muammar Gaddafi? Lecturing them risks the short-term anger of their state-run media, which slander America.
You mean they don't anyway?
I have pondered this question also:
1) Because we have to do business there; they have oil, the West needs oil, and like a welfare recipient, they didn't do a thing for this gift they live on top of, except to be born there. The most efficient solution, of course, is to kill 'em all and take what we need; however, history would never let us live it down.
2) God abhors a vacumn; not to stay engaged would mean some of our esteemed and loyal allies like Putty-poot and Hu would be meddling there; Ignorant savages are easily manipulated.
Conclusion: We are going to have drag these Neanderthals, kicking and screaming, complete with their 7th Century moongod cult, into the 21st Century.
That is an easy question to answer because if left to their own devices their danger to us multiples exponentially.
The war against Germany ended sometime around 1955. There were SS sabateurs active in Germany creating terrorism and destabilizing Allied efforts to stabilize Germany for 10 years after the Armistice. After 8 years of open warfare there were another 10 years fighting insurgency. Has Ms Pelosi noticed when US troops left Germany?
My e-mail this morning to: sf.nancy@mail.house.gov
"Pelosi had said: "If Mr. Rumsfeld is so concerned with comparisons to World War II, he should explain why our troops have now been fighting in Iraq longer than it took our forces to defeat the Nazis in Europe."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/01/AR2006090101414_pf.html
THAT'S AN EASY QUESTION, NEITHER PARTY WANTED TO ACCEPT DEFEAT AND BRING OUR TROOPS HOME, PLUS WE WERE UNITED IN WINNING THE WAR WITH AN UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER...RTO
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