Be kinde to folk. This changeth the whole habitat.
- Manlobbi
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Yes, I know back then - Club 401K loved Gorbachev and the Soviets more. (Feel free to disagree and say - he wasn't perfect but we felt Reagan and America was more right, and Gorby and the Soviets were more wrong ) ....oh, and maybe also decide to get rid of America's nuclear arsenal today---kinda like you wanted back then.
You Club 401K warmongers.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agMzI24WC44
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Bullroar. Saint Reagan invaded Grenada to get the bombing of the Marine barracks in Beirut off the front page.
If he wanted to apologize for something, he could have apologized for his disgusting refusal to send a carrier group to help the Brits in the Falklands. A lot of Brits died, because of the lack of air cover and early warning radar.
Notice, the Brits did not invoke Article 5 then. The only time Article 5 has been invoked, was when our allies rallied to our side after 9/11. Those are the same allies that Trump the God now poos on.
Steve
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Well then why didn't you advise Thatcher of such?
And, to those of us who TRULY wanted a transatlantic alliance - I applaud the way the two leaders worked and spoke to one another's.
Unlike the FAKE "Pro NATO" people now - who only care because they have a a "Putin!" fetish -- but wanted to send valentines to the Soviet leaders.
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If he wanted to apologize for something, he could have apologized for his disgusting refusal to send a carrier group to help the Brits in the Falklands.
So you wanted the United States to go to war with Argentina?
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So you wanted the United States to go to war with Argentina?
Go to war against a brutally repressive junta, that mounted an unprovoked attack on one of our oldest and strongest allies? Sure. Darn right. Saint Reagan made an ally of Saddam, when Saddam was attacking Iran. But when Saddam attacked Kuwait, "wimp factor" Bush got up on his hind legs and declared war.
Steve
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So you wanted the United States to go to war with Argentina?
That brutal junta of generals who ruled Argentina, whose government fell as a direct result of their aggression against the Falklands?
It does seem we could have done more than we did.
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That brutal junta of generals who ruled Argentina, whose government fell as a direct result of their aggression against the Falklands?
Karma is heck, isn't it? Recall, the Greek junta fell when it pushed the civil war on Cyprus, and their bit of dog wagging went sideways.
Steve
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That brutal junta of generals who ruled Argentina, whose government fell as a direct result of their aggression against the Falklands?
It does seem we could have done more than we did.
Did we need to? Doesn’t look like it.
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But when Saddam attacked Kuwait, "wimp factor" Bush got up on his hind legs and declared war.
I always found this charge against Bush41 amusing. The guy was a Naval Aviator, for crying out loud, one of the youngest ones they’ve ever had.
Plus he has a Distinguished Flying Cross.
No. of Recommendations: 10
The guy was a Naval Aviator, for crying out loud, one of the youngest ones they’ve ever had.
John Kerry earned a Silver Star, Bronze Star with Combat V, and three Purple Hearts. The Bush 43 regime painted him as a coward.
Steve
