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RZM

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1. Reagan was probably right to pull out of Lebanon

Reply to Bozita (Original post)

Tue May 1, 2012, 11:32 PM

May 2012

It's certainly what DUers would have wanted back then (and those who are old enough probably did).

I've interviewed a family whose son died in the bombing. It was a sad situation. They were Republicans and supported the war on terror, but understood the horrors of war and that the US can't just put troops wherever it wants without consequences.

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Why bring up Jimmy Carter when Reagan (Think God!) decided to put Marines in Lebanon? [View all] Bozita May 2012 OP

Reagan was probably right to pull out of Lebanon RZM May 2012 #1

I remember that bombing... Icicle May 2012 #2

I rememer seeing the headline on the newspaper Skittles May 2012 #3

apparently it's a-ok, pansypoo53219 May 2012 #4

The US invaded Grenada two days later Doc_Technical May 2012 #5