Well, they've managed it in Ottawa. A signal characteristic of the group of internationalist operators that contains Chirac and Chretien (and Clinton and Schroeder and a host of others) is its contempt for things military and the grandiose notion that it has, as Hanson points out, evolved beyond the necessity for a military's existence. That this approach to world affairs has proven disastrous every time it has been tried throughout history without exception does not seem to matter much to this gaggle of wishful thinkers.
I think Hanson's criticism of Reagan to be justified, although it wasn't so much any lack of response to the Lebanese bombing that was harmful as it was the subsequent withdrawal of troops in its face. That did nothing but embolden and empower those responsible. But I would balance that criticism by noting the success Reagan did achieve in the forceful response in Libya which resulted from the nightclub bombing in Germany.
The success of covert state support of terrorism was, IMHO, a result of the deliberate preference of the aforementioned internationalists for endless negotiation and appeasement in the face of violence. One might even make the case that the system they set up created the problem, and that current practices in the UN are equally contributory. But it is the interest of that system to ensure that the U.S. continues to be a target of such terrorism, which is one reason it is folly to expect the UN to solve the problem, or Chretien or Chirac to acknowledge its existence.
Well, they've managed it in Ottawa. A signal characteristic of the group of internationalist operators that contains Chirac and Chretien
That was AngloCanada that was so brave in WW2. AngloCanada is no more except that Western provinces are more supportive of US/Brit joint efforts in Iraq. AngloCanada is no more when you have some French guy running Canada. And this French guy has all kinds of multi-culti nuts in his cabinet.
To which I would add the success of "accidentally" dropping a laser-guided bomb on the French Embassy compound in Libya, which "coincidentally" occurred only hours after the Froggies refused to allow our UK-based F-111's fly over France to reach Libya. I guess that the pilots were just too tired to accurately drop a laser-guided bomb, after having had to fly all the way around Spain and across the Med. Gee, what a terrible accident - NOT!
I would agree, though, that Reagan didn't respond forcefully enough in Lebanon, and that leaving was a HUGE mistake.