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re: Reagan's response to Russia after shooting down Korean 747 (1983)
Posted on 7/17/14 at 4:11 pm to Navytiger74
Posted on 7/17/14 at 4:11 pm to Navytiger74
Not to be forgotten, the United States also shot down a civilian airliner on Reagan's watch.
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Posted on 7/17/14 at 4:33 pm to tigerpawl
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If there was ever any doubt, please use this as reference to compare leadership styles of Obama and Reagan
It's humorous.
Posted on 7/17/14 at 4:36 pm to tigerpawl
quote:So, you suggesting we should start bombing the shite out of 1. Ukraine. 2. The rebels or 3. The Russians - war is a motherfricker. Don't need to start one over an civil war in the former Soviet Union - Israel is taking up the slack for starting shite.
If there was ever any doubt, please use this as reference to compare leadership styles of Obama and Reagan under almost identical circumstances.
Posted on 7/17/14 at 4:39 pm to Jim Rockford
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Not to be forgotten, the United States also shot down a civilian airliner on Reagan's watch.
I mentioned the Vincennes earlier. I have my own private opinions about that one.
Posted on 7/17/14 at 4:46 pm to tigerpawl
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leadership styles of Obama and Reagan
They don't make em like they used to...
Posted on 7/17/14 at 4:49 pm to tigerpawl
Entirely different scenario.
Posted on 7/17/14 at 5:03 pm to TigerLicks
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The 1980's just called me and I told them I wish we had our foreign policy back
Right on, right on.
Posted on 7/17/14 at 5:05 pm to tigerpawl
quote:In fairness, the relationship between the US-USSR was substantially different prior to the end of the Cold War. That said, the relationship between the POTUS and the US was substantially different under Reagan too. Reagan and Obama are antitheses.
Reagan's response to Russia after shooting down Korean 747 (1983)
Posted on 7/17/14 at 5:36 pm to tigerpawl
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The story in Beirut wasn’t over. In September of 1984, for the third time in eighteen months, jihadists bombed a U.S. government outpost in Beirut yet again. President Reagan acknowledged that the new security precautions that had been advocated by Congress hadn’t yet been implemented at the U.S. embassy annex that had been hit. The problem, the President admitted, was that the repairs hadn’t quite been completed on time. As he put it, “Anyone who’s ever had their kitchen done over knows that it never gets done as soon as you wish it would.” Imagine how Congressman Issa and Fox News would react to a similar explanation from President Obama today.
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Posted on 7/17/14 at 5:52 pm to Navytiger74
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3. 62 US persons were aboard, incl a Congressman (so 61.5)
Posted on 7/17/14 at 5:53 pm to mmcgrath
quote:Ouch!
Neither did he.
Posted on 7/17/14 at 5:58 pm to Navytiger74
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His remarks were four days after, by the way.
In all fairness that was over open water, and 30 years of technology ago.
Posted on 7/17/14 at 6:21 pm to redandright
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In all fairness that was over open water, and 30 years of technology ago.
That's fair.
Posted on 7/17/14 at 6:24 pm to tigerpawl
These situations aren't close to comparable.
Obama has nothing today with the Malaysian plane or the Middle East that warrants criticism.
Obama has nothing today with the Malaysian plane or the Middle East that warrants criticism.
Posted on 7/17/14 at 6:24 pm to tigerpawl
Reagan had moral courage and indignace over wrongs. Obama is a politician in a suit. That is all.
This post was edited on 7/17/14 at 6:25 pm
Posted on 7/17/14 at 6:25 pm to Big Scrub TX
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The story in Beirut wasn’t over. In September of 1984, for the third time in eighteen months, jihadists bombed a U.S. government outpost in Beirut yet again. President Reagan acknowledged that the new security precautions that had been advocated by Congress hadn’t yet been implemented at the U.S. embassy annex that had been hit. The problem, the President admitted, was that the repairs hadn’t quite been completed on time. As he put it, “Anyone who’s ever had their kitchen done over knows that it never gets done as soon as you wish it would.” Imagine how Congressman Issa and Fox News would react to a similar explanation from President Obama today.
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they'd be crucifying obama ...
nice post ...
This post was edited on 7/17/14 at 6:25 pm
Posted on 7/17/14 at 6:30 pm to skinny domino
quote:I'm suggesting that if RR was at the wheel, the perps would have thought long and hard about pulling the trigger. There are no longer consequences for bad behavior, courtesy the Obama love fest. Oh where, oh where have the testicles gone?
So, you suggesting we should start bombing the shite out of 1. Ukraine. 2. The rebels or 3. The Russians
Posted on 7/17/14 at 6:30 pm to Jim Rockford
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Not to be forgotten, the United States also shot down a civilian airliner on Reagan's watch.
impossible, nothing bad happened under Reagan ever.
Posted on 7/17/14 at 6:32 pm to tigerpawl
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I'm suggesting that if RR was at the wheel, the perps would have thought long and hard about pulling the trigger. There are no longer consequences for bad behavior, courtesy the Obama love fest. Oh where, oh where have the testicles gone?
That may be true, Reagan was no pushover.
Posted on 7/17/14 at 6:41 pm to tigerpawl
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I'm suggesting that if RR was at the wheel, the perps would have thought long and hard about pulling the trigger. There are no longer consequences for bad behavior, courtesy the Obama love fest. Oh where, oh where have the testicles gone?
I agree. You don't have to drop nukes to be respected. Just them knowing that you won't hesitate to light their asses up is enough to keep them in line, for the most part.
The United States is no longer respected, IMO. Pens, phones, sanctions, and red lines will only go so far. Hell, we can't even protect our own borders.
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