The CONTEXT was the same circumstances
When people start to drop context, it is because they know they are losing the argument.
The good old “nuance” from the loony left huh? So what's new?
FACT: You don't know what Reagan would have done under the same circumstances, because Reagan never had to deal with the same circumstances.
Ergo, your statement that Reagan wouldn't have reassigned under the same corcumtsnces IS false.