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I agree that Reagan didn't want a war, but he was an extreme "hawk" in the broader sense: he was willing to take actions that might provoke Communist countries to attack the US. Besides the actions you listed, Reagan worked with Pope John Paul II to smuggle American fax machines into Catholic churches in Poland, then used them to smuggle Western news stories into that country all through the Solidarity "crisis" -- an action that deserves credit for bringing down the Iron Curtain.
I want a President who cooperates with those who would do the same thing to Iran and Burma and Cuba and Saudi Arabia today.
[...] 241 of the U.S. troops. By February, Reagan “redeployed” the Marines to ships offshore, later writing “[p]erhaps we didn’t appreciate fully enough the depth of the hatred and the complexity [...]
[...] of the U.S. troops. By February, Reagan “redeployed” the Marines to ships offshore, later writing “[p]erhaps we didn’t appreciate fully enough the depth of the hatred and the complexity [...]