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To: KyrosL who wrote (56592)7/28/2004 10:49:54 AM
From: carranza2  Read Replies (1) of 793975
 
No, Kyros, we did not create OBL or AQ, though we set the conditions for their growth and popularity.

You've got to take a larger view. The entire Islamist insanity first started to grain traction in Iran, when the Mad Ayatollah took over and allowed the Republican Guards to kidnap US diplomatic staff. Our error was not to respond decisively then. We looked weak and they began to think of us as a paper tiger, especially after the botched rescue attempt.

Aside: this is the reason I almost threw up when I heard Carter talk about W's "unbroken string of foreign policy failures" at the convention the other day. The gall, the gall!

As much as I thought Reagan was a great President, he also is responsible for giving the Islamists reason to think we are weak because he failed to respond decisively when the Marine barracks were bombed in Beirut.

Clinton exacerbated things by not acting decisively in Mogadishu and by shooting off a few inefective missiles.

We are perceived as weak. The weak are not respected in the ME, they are scorned, attacked, and manipulated.

We have given the Islamists very good reasons to think that we are weak. Only the two Bush presidents have had the nerve to challenge this perception. It is a perception we need to once and forever change because not doing so will result in more terror.
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