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On Jun 1, 6:07 pm, "Paul G." <[email protected]> wrote:
> Thank you. How refreshing to have someone simply admit an error and
> move on. You are correct that Reagan may not have known that the
> Libyans did it before he left office, but my statement "Reagan never
> did a damn thing about that" is still true. The Libyans were also
> behind the Pan Am Flight 73 hijacking on September 5, 1986, in which
> 19 Americans died. Reagan had several years to respond to that, and
> didn't. Bush's father also did not respond to these attacks with
> military force.
>
> The Republican propaganda machine has been very effective at rewriting
> history to delete Reagan's colossal failures, and give him credit for
> things he had little or nothing to do with.
Like the fall of the Evil Empire?
How ironic, I've read opinions to the effect that the real, main
reason the Soviet Union collapsed was too many grieving parents
putting their heads together over the "killed in a training accident"
letters they got when their sons had actually been killed in combat in
Afghanistan. "Too many lies" leading to a loss in confidence in
leadership, to put it politely. --D-y
> Thank you. How refreshing to have someone simply admit an error and
> move on. You are correct that Reagan may not have known that the
> Libyans did it before he left office, but my statement "Reagan never
> did a damn thing about that" is still true. The Libyans were also
> behind the Pan Am Flight 73 hijacking on September 5, 1986, in which
> 19 Americans died. Reagan had several years to respond to that, and
> didn't. Bush's father also did not respond to these attacks with
> military force.
>
> The Republican propaganda machine has been very effective at rewriting
> history to delete Reagan's colossal failures, and give him credit for
> things he had little or nothing to do with.
Like the fall of the Evil Empire?
How ironic, I've read opinions to the effect that the real, main
reason the Soviet Union collapsed was too many grieving parents
putting their heads together over the "killed in a training accident"
letters they got when their sons had actually been killed in combat in
Afghanistan. "Too many lies" leading to a loss in confidence in
leadership, to put it politely. --D-y