[Mr. Douglas]

I agree with what you are saying there, but I was speaking in generalities. And remember, there was a reason Reagan dropped a few bombs on Qudaffi. I still remember that video, as the camera went upside down for a second.

Bottom line is that they have all been threats from time to time and a thorn in the western world’s side.

But I’m also reminded of the words of the direct superior to CIA agent Felix in Quantum of Solace: “I’m sorry. We should only be dealing with NICE people.” In geopolitics, things can get rough, like it or not.

[Ancesthntr]

“I agree with what you are saying there, but I was speaking in generalities. And remember, there was a reason Reagan dropped a few bombs on Qudaffi. I still remember that video, as the camera went upside down for a second.”

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I also remember that one of our F-111s “accidentally” dropped a laser-guided bomb on the French embassy compound. Coincidentally, the French had denied us the right to use their airspace, so the F-111s had to fly from the UK all the way around the Iberian peninsula and across the Med to hit Libya. Guess the pilots were a bit tired and “made a mistake.” Sam Kinison had a GREAT routine about that one.