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"Obama is No Reagan"

By Philip Klein on 5.6.09 @ 9:08AM

That's not me, but Reuters, which recounts:

TEL AVIV (Reuters) - When he first got word of Israel's sneak attack on the Iraqi atomic reactor in 1981, U.S. President Ronald Reagan privately shrugged it off, telling his national security adviser: "Boys will be boys!"

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Bob| 5.6.09 @ 10:04AM

Would Reagan have gone into Iraq?

NavyBrat| 5.6.09 @ 10:32AM

It makes one wonder how the closet anti Semite Obama would react to hearing that the Israelis bombed Iran's nuke sites. I doubt he'd be so non plussed. Hell, he'd probably be the first to, "condemn, in the strongest possible terms, this unprovoked assault on the peaceful nuke program of the peaceful government of Iran, who never meant Israel any harm." Or words to that effect. Then we could also count on his (Obama's) UN stooge calling for sanctions against Israel for acting pro actively in their self defense, & doing us a favor in the meantime. Thankfully, we don't have to worry about BiBi knuckling under to this neophyte boob we have in the White House. When the bets are called in, one can always count on Israel to do what is necessary, as was the case with air raid on Osirak.

notmypresident09| 5.6.09 @ 12:42PM

NavyBrat, He would poop his pampers and then go to the UN for a sternly worded reprimand.

Aaron| 5.6.09 @ 12:48PM

Bob- I think Reagan would have targeted S.H. in Iraq ala Gaddafi in Libya. With the exception of having stealth fighters and no tip off from someone such as the Malta PM. Reagan certainly would not have made excuses such as WMDs. The only reason needed was S.H.s non-compliance with the rules of the sandbox.

Reagan would have never gone into Iraq, what would have been the need? Without us creating a quagmire the U.N. would have stepped in and created the quagmire for years to come!