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To: ansel12

Reagan made a mistake in Lebanon and knew it.


18 posted on 10/23/2013 12:12:45 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: central_va

Reagan brought down the Soviet Union and invading Grenada was part of that, and the invasion that was already taking place when the bomb went off, Reagan was right.


19 posted on 10/23/2013 12:24:31 PM PDT by ansel12 ( Democrats-"a party that since antebellum times has been bent on the dishonoring of humanity.)
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To: central_va
The warbirds were in the air and screaming toward Damascus when they were recalled, largely because there was no immediate conclusive proof who was behind the attack.

Reagan's initial response was to go. He was talked out of it.

They dumped their munitions in the Mediterranean.

29 posted on 10/23/2013 10:32:42 PM PDT by MARTIAL MONK (I'm waiting for the POP!)
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