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Democrats Identify the Enemy
Thank you, Paul Begala, for the advance work.
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* Iranian Hostages
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* Rescue of American hostages in Grenada
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* Bombing of Beirut Marine Barracks
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* Creation and funding of the Strategic Defense Initiative
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* A Nuclear “freeze” with the Soviets
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* Deployment of Pershing Missiles in Europe
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*The B-1 and B-2 Bombers
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* The Trident submarine
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* The Patriot Missile
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* Removing Saddam from Kuwait
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*The Patriot Act
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* NSA Eavesdropping of Terrorist calls
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*Terror Detainee Bill
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I have left out of this partial list the entire Clinton administration record on terror, covering only a relative handful of issues from the Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, Bush I and Bush II eras.
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Jeffrey Lord is a former Reagan White House political director and author. He writes from Pennsylvania at jlpa1@aol.com.
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