[You Dirty Rats]

Do you think that if Reagan HAD done something, rather than leave Lebanon...that possibly al-queda might have not become what they are?? After all, it has been said that Bin Ladin HAS seen the times that America has "left" rather than stay and fight, as a weakness...and gave him more reason to believe he would take down the mighty USA...

bin Laden was a nobody in the early 1980's. He got his panties in a bunch when GHWB stationed troops in Saudi Arabia prior to kicking Saddam out of Kuwait. Blaming Reagan even in part for OBL's theory that we won't fight is quite a reach.

It is ironic though that Reagan, who did not do very well in the Middle East, is compared favorably to GWB who at least, as did his father, fight Saddam and other radicals.

[Txsleuth]

It isn't "my theory", even though I agree with it...

I have read quite a few articles about how Bin Ladin used even our history in VIETNAM, to realize his dream of taking down the USA...

So don't tell me that just because he hadn't attacked the USA back in the early eighties, that he wasn't planning..

Also, the first WTC bombing was in EARLY 90's..right?