and why did he betray our biggest ally Israel?
2007-07-13 15:24:39 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
defeatist**
2007-07-13 15:25:18 · update #1
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983_Beirut_barracks_bombing
2007-07-13 15:32:34 · update #2
Reagan was an actor. When he talked tough about terrorism, he was ACTING tough.
Cut and run in Beirut. "We won't negotiate with terrorists." - unless, of course by negotiating you mean negotiate with them to prolong the hostages' stay during the election season, and then sell the Iranians weapons later.
Some of us saw through the phony baloney back then.
2007-07-13 15:32:30 · answer #1 · answered by ? 7 · 6⤊ 3⤋
SFAIK the U. S. went there as an component of a multinational peacekeeping rigidity. After the U. S. and French compounds have been attacked (via the very human beings they have been conserving) all the different international locations desperate to tug out. the alternative became to stay on my own, dealing with a antagonistic Syria, PLO, Hamas etc, all taking section in finished help and unrestricted weapon factors from the U.S.- mutually as on the comparable time being concern to UN regulations... A recipe for disaster. Ducking out became a bitter pill to swallow, yet nevertheless the only clever pass interior the circumstances.
2016-10-21 05:14:58 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The history of true conservatives is a lot more isolationist than it is now. This "nation building" is a very Liberal idea.
And you are correct. Reagan did "cut and run" by the right's new definition.
2007-07-13 15:31:18 · answer #3 · answered by Truth Erector 3 · 5⤊ 2⤋
I wouldn't compare Iraq to Beirut if I were you. We did not go to Beirut after we suffered an attack at the hands of radical islam.
Defeatist liberals want us to lose the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan as long as they gain politically.
2007-07-13 15:29:54 · answer #4 · answered by wallyshields 2 · 4⤊ 5⤋
We had bigger fish to fry in 1983: The Soviet Union
2007-07-13 16:06:48 · answer #5 · answered by Chad 5 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Because he was smarter than Bush and Cheney.
2007-07-13 15:29:47 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
so much hate for a died guy
2007-07-13 16:57:21 · answer #7 · answered by Jeremy P 2 · 1⤊ 3⤋
maybe he was a libtraitor - the term so dear to conservatards
2007-07-13 15:29:14 · answer #8 · answered by Remember the GOP? 2 · 2⤊ 5⤋
since when we invaded Beiruit? and since when Congress authorized the war??
Silly Liberal.
2007-07-13 15:29:57 · answer #9 · answered by Samm 6 · 3⤊ 6⤋
he saw your avatar.
2007-07-13 15:34:00 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋