Ok, so the article is total, unadulterated bullcrap. Wish I had read it fully before wasting time posting. Yeah, Reagan was intent on aiding and spreading socialism.
The piece WAS written in 1996. The last three only became fully apparent by their response to 911. Surprise! Any more waiting in the wings?
Unless the nine [now eleven] (now fourteen!) are a lot more obtuse than I think they are, they must be secretly planning something. Some of them hate each other, but they hate the USG more. They WERE.
Maybe this is whay Rusmfield looks so sober when he keeps reminding us that this is going to be VERY hard and take a VERY long time. Interesting how it's all playing out under the pretext of "terrorism". You're either with us or you're with the terrorists. And if you're with the terrorists, we'll have to go in and take you out one country at a time.