[Uncle Chip]

Don’t forget that we owe the problems in Syria today to the wonderful national security counsel of Colin Powell who, after 250 of our soldiers were killed in a terrorist attack Lebanon back in the 80’s, advised that there was no point in taking out the terrorists but instead that we should just let them get away with it.

And his sage counsel won the day —

[rodguy911]

FR has done some terrific work on Syria this week.It was revealed here and elsewhere that a tunnel existed where poisonous gas was held. It as under the control of forces opposing Assad. Also, notification of the gas attack was put on the net two hours before it happened. Not something Assad is likely to do.Syria remains a huge cluster....

[SADMILLIE]

I remember the Reagan “cut and run: in Lebanon anf fiasco immigration bill that didn’t work.