"Perhaps we didn't appreciate fully enough the depth of the hatred and the complexity of the problems that made the Middle East such a jungle. Perhaps the idea of a suicide car bomber committing mass murder to gain instant entry to Paradise was so foreign to our own values and consciousness that it did not create in us the concern for the Marines' safety that it should have. In the weeks immediately after the bombing, I believed the last thing that we should do was turn tail and leave. Yet the irrationality of Middle Eastern politics forced us to rethink our policy there. If there would be some rethinking of policy before our men die, we would be a lot better off. If that policy had changed towards more of a neutral position and neutrality, those 241 Marines would be alive today."
Ronald Reagan, in his autobiography. Who would have thought that someone like me, an ardent opponent of Reagan when he made his runs for office, would look back on his administration almost with a wistfulness. Not because I supported the man, but because compared to George W. Bush, he was a real conservative, and almost a moderate Republican, in many things, besides in foreign policy. And he is right. Such acts are foreign to our culture, and difficult to understand, much less resist, lacking the understanding to realize what we must do. Keep D&D Civil.
I think Swayze does since Stallone's jacket is only half on, and he would be distracted when it fell off the rest of the way.
Chuck Norris would roundhouse kick the crap out of the both of them, and then have sex with their girlfriends when he was done.
