I don’t think you understand. Ronald Reagan summed it up when he said “Peace through Stength”.
If you are the baddest on the block, hardly, or no one, will mess with you.
Do you know how the Soviets dealt with the Terrorists who kidnapped their people in the past?
I can’t say that I do.
President and the man Ronald Reagan didn't see things like the Communists, so what is your point?