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Originally Posted by sck5
Ronald Reagan knew when to cut his losses. For example, he got the hell out of Lebanon when it became clear it was going to become a deep endless pit full of quicksand. We need someone with that kind of judgment right around now.
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But that was after a long tradition of us being there and doing nothing to help Lebanon fight the being that was undermining her efforts to modernize, namely, Iran.
We left, oh, Causeless One, without extracting an unforgettable price for the slaughter of American Marines. That error, and a whole collection of similar errors, is why our enemies are emboldened.