"Finally, official recognition that Iran declared war on America back in '
83 when they murdered 241 Marines in Beirut in what was the single largest non
nuclear explosion since World War II. I thought Reagan was wrong then, and I
still think he was wrong. Whether he understood Islamic jihad or not, we were
attacked and he should have responded with unforgiving force. FACT. We wouldn't
be in the straits we are in now incapable of defining ourselves, icapable of
defending our Western beliefs, and spastic in our approach to winning this war
with an enemy who has nothing, NOTHING, except self confidence and a very real
understanding of who they are. Pure evil."
Was Regan wrong? There has been much finger pointing to the Clinton administration and the way it responded to threats around the world. Many times conflicting with ideas that were popular with the Republicans at the time, like regarding the withdrawal of troops from Somalia. However, the mother of all attacks on America, the country and the conflict where the suicide bomber matured as a weapon and one of the greatest attacks against America, was under Regan in Lebanon. Was this where the message was sent to the world, that if we are wounded we will retreat? What would the world be like today if Regan had pushed on in Lebanon and went after what was then a much weaker Iran?
I don't know the answers, but it is interesting to think about.
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