It’s Jimmy Carter all over again.
When I was in the navy we went through this same BS when Qaddafi decided to extend the coastal claims of Libya to the waters where our naval maneuvers were conducted - The entire Gulf of Sidra. Carter meekly rescheduled our maneuvers to stay outside disputed area, ordering us to not cross Qaddafi’s line. True to form, Carter failed to confront Qaddafi over the issue even after a siege on the American embassy in Tripoli in 1979.
Shortly after taking office, Ronald Reagan took a stand. He made it clear that American maneuvers in the Gulf of Sidra would proceed. Anticipating trouble, Reagan was asked by the Joint Chiefs what American pilots do if attacked? Would Reagan’s orders allow for “hot pursuit”? Reagan’s answer – “All the way into the hanger.” You know the rest of the story.
We need another Reagan. Now.
Amen to that!
That jogged my memory——Ghaddafi’s “Line of Death”—
Heh.
Sure miss Ronaldus Maximus.