Posted on 06/07/2004 12:36:17 AM PDT by Mensch
Edited on 06/07/2004 4:00:35 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
CAIRO, Egypt -- Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi expressed regret Sunday that Ronald Reagan died without standing trial for 1986 airstrikes on his country, while other Arabs used the occasion of the former president's death to lambast his Mideast policies. Gadhafi said he was sorry that Reagan died Saturday before he could stand trial for deadly 1986 airstrikes he ordered that killed Gadhafi's adopted daughter and 36 other people.
Reagan ordered the April 15, 1986, air raid in response to a disco bombing in Berlin allegedly called for by Gadhafi that killed two U.S. soldiers and a Turkish woman and wounded 229 people.
"I express my deep regret because Reagan died before facing justice for his ugly crime that he committed in 1986 against the Libyan children," Libya's official JANA news agency quoted Gadhafi as saying.
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Did Congress declare that war, or did Reagan just send out some of his cowboys to strike another nation?
Somehow the media has forgotten this brilliant stroke of diplomacy. Seems to me that we didn't hear much from the Colonel for at least a decade after the bombing.
F111's still in service nowadays? That as one of the few model planes I had growing up.
Nah, they retired 'em a decade or so ago. Cool looking aircraft, though.
El Gato regrets that we missed.
Probably not, if he thinks RR was/is the only US President with cajones. He could find himself with a cruise missle up his ... well you know.
President Reagan sent some very skilled U.S. Service Men in great big airplanes to blow hell out of a skoad who had attacked us. It is a shame that Gadoofy was getting in touch with his roots that night and missed the party.
President Bush, through demonstrated grit and determination, also impressed Gadoofy with the potential for mortality. As a result, Gadoofy decided to abandon nuclear aspirations.
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