What Reagan did right to combat terrorism

What Reagan did wrong to combat terrorism

 

Depends on who will fill the power vacuum.

 

The Ends Justify the Means?

Rocket River

 

Reagan's response to Libya was correct. Everybody, including Ted Kennedy, supported him. But comparing Libya back then to the current situations in Iran and North Korea is just crazy. An attempted assassination in those countries would be catastrophic unless they directly attacked us first.

 

I support this, if we go after their leaders, they will respond by going after our leaders. leave the people out of this.

 

I would'nt shed a tear if backward animals like khamenie or ahmadinejad are assasinated. neither will the iranian people.

 

Didn't he give arms and $$$ to OBL?

Didn't he trade arms for hostages with a bunch of terrorists?

And didn't he turn around and use the profits of that trade to fund Central American terrorists (aka Freedom Fighters)?

 

I guarantee you're wrong. Whether they like their current leadership or not, the Iranian people are patriotic, they would never accept an outside power humiliating them in such fashion, even if they dislike the leadership (which is a point of contention to begin with). There is little to no doubt that there would be a response to such an infraction.

Of course, lost in all this 'debate' is the image of the U.S. Publicly pledging to assassinate leaders we don't like would remove any doubts that we're an empire looking to impose its will on the rest of the world. A mere pledge to undertake such a policy would prove disastrous and would definitely backfire.

There is a good reason why U.S. policy -- at least officially -- doesn't endorse assassinations of foreign leaders. Only those ignorant of geopolitics and history -- as DaDa has thoroughly demonstrated over the years -- would support such a policy, because they're completely oblivious to the consequences.

 

Go to iran for a week and see how patrotic they are about the mollah's and there thugs.

 

The State sponserd propaganda rubbish news outlets have successfully have converted alot of non-iranians into believing the people of iran support this rats. the rel evidence is the people in the streets. the normal iranians i've met. i've talked to retierd generals and many current members of the armed forces (regular forces) who would gladly kill khamenie and the current leadership if they could. america and the american people are the most popular topic and liked natin amongst the iranian people. the mollah's might be the most anti american regime in the regime, but the iranian people are the most pro-american perople in the region. the evidence is in the pudding. if you go to iran, you're whole way of thinking will change..

 

You're assuming I haven't been to Iran?

I wouldn't consider your family or friends in middle-class Iran a reflection of what the Iranian people feel, it's just your opinion.

As for being "patriotic about the leadership", that's not the point, you completely missed it. The point is humiliating the Iranian nation in such fashion, I don't think the average Iranian would take that with a smile.

 

The local baker, or the policeman or the Current airforce pilots who i've never met before till my last meetings werent my family or friends. even the blind western press are reporting that the clerical is a vastly unpopular regime. now you're denying this facts. it's ok to sympthaise with the mollah's, but deluding one self is another. i'm sure you've been to iran during the earlier revolution days where the mollah's had brainwashed the masses. now is a whole different case....

 

Stop spewing this crap about people believing 'state-sponsored propaganda', because you're as big a user of propaganda as they get. I don't believe state-sponsored crap from Iran or elsewhere in the region, nor do I believe the anti-regime crap you spew either. I don't consider either of you a reliable source of information.

No, that's not much of an evidence at all. Unless you have talked to every single Iranian there is -- or a representative sample -- and conducted a scientific research/poll, then your observations are merely that: your observations.

LOL! Yeah, the Iranian secular elite (which is very limited in numbers) is representative of the "average man"; this just proves my point.

I think this is true, I think the Iranian people love certain aspects of American culture, but are not necessarily 'fans' of American policies; this is true across the region.

 

dont forget selling weapons to saddam. the very weapons that he used against his own people and the iranians. and the chemicals he used to carry out the attacks that he is now being tried for - special order from donald rumsfeld.