To: Zhang Fei
If the Mullahs try something else and it makes oil go to $100 a barrel
If US goes to war in Iran, George Bush-style, watch the price of oil spurt then
Trump is emulating Reagan instead of Bush. Reagan stayed clear of Middle East wars, wmeven after our marines were killed by terrorists. The neocons denounced him for showing weakness. They were more successful with George Bush - he took the kind of advice youre giving. It destroyed his presidency and elected Barack Obama
To: rintintin
[Trump is emulating Reagan instead of Bush. Reagan stayed clear of Middle East wars, wmeven after our marines were killed by terrorists. The neocons denounced him for showing weakness. They were more successful with George Bush - he took the kind of advice youre giving. It destroyed his presidency and elected Barack Obama]
You must be thinking of a different Reagan. When Iran interfered with oil supplies, Reagan bombed and strafed Iran, destroying or damaging half its navy. And in the wake of the Marine peacekeeper massacre, he bombed and strafed Hezbollah with both aerial strike missions and battleship salvos (~600 1 ton projectiles). Reagan’s limp-wristed response to the Marine dead probably emboldened the Iranians, making Praying Mantis necessary. Reagan also responded in other ways - helping Iraq in its war against Iran by supplying dual use technology that Iraq used to gas Iranian troop formations.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983_Beirut_barracks_bombings
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Praying_Mantis
49 posted on
09/18/2019 7:38:07 PM PDT by
Zhang Fei
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To: rintintin
Trump is emulating Reagan instead of Bush. Reagan stayed clear of Middle East wars, wmeven after our marines were killed by terrorists. The neocons denounced him for showing weakness. They were more successful with George Bush - he took the kind of advice youre giving. It destroyed his presidency and elected Barack ObamaReagan pretty much destroyed the Iranian Navy and multiple oil platforms. Trump should do the same.
66 posted on
09/18/2019 8:09:36 PM PDT by
VeniVidiVici
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