Will we stay the course in Iraq? Posted: July 23, 2003 1:00 a.m. Eastern © 2003 Creators Syndicate, Inc. After the suicide bombing of the Marine barracks, Ronald Reagan made a cold-blooded decision. Concluding America had no vital interest in Lebanon, he cut his losses and withdrew the Marines. It was a rare failure of Reagan foreign policy. Neoconservatives condemn him for not sending an army back into Beirut to deliver street justice and show Islamic radicals that the American Superpower could not be assaulted with impunity. Reagan's decision, say the neocons, convinced radicals that America lacked the courage and...
