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2006-07-31 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

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Posted by ryuge 2006-07-31 06:48|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 This HK article takes me back to the Nixon administration, where nobody accused the President of "irresolution." The Carter years had Cubans fighting in Africa. Then the Reagan Presidency yielded 8 good years. Wish he was still here.

Posted by Snease Shaiting3550 2006-07-31 08:05|| 2006-07-31 08:05|| Front Page Top

#2 I liked Reagan too. However, I wish he had responded to the Marine barracks bombing hard.

Posted by JohnQC 2006-07-31 10:32|| 2006-07-31 10:32|| Front Page Top

#3 And then what? There was still a Soviet Union then and defeating them was more important at that time. Now that they're gone, everybody's got more latitude, especially Hezb'Allah. So now we need to respond.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2006-07-31 10:42|| 2006-07-31 10:42|| Front Page Top

#4 And then what? There was still a Soviet Union then and defeating them was more important at that time. Now that they're gone, everybody's got more latitude, especially Hezb'Allah. So now we need to respond.

Exactly. Sometimes, you have no choice but to deal with one menace at time. We had to ally with Stalin to beat Hitler, and we allied with Mao to defeat the USSR.

Sometimes the only reward for successfully dealing with one menace is to have the opportunity to deal with a new one.

Of course this all points to another moonbat contradiction. The same people who are urging us to "reach out" and be multilateralist also like to moan and groan about "blowback".

Never mind that the "blowback" was the result of previous "multilateralism".

Never mind that present day "multilateralism" could lead to future "blowback".

Posted by charger 2006-07-31 15:00|| 2006-07-31 15:00|| Front Page Top

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