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Politics : Bill Clinton Scandal - SANITY CHECK
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To: Ish who wrote (6276)9/30/1998 10:09:00 AM
From: Daniel Schuh  Read Replies (3) of 67261
 
Right. And how might this incident compare with Reagan's little Lebanon exercise? Of course, Ron took full responsibility for that one. So there was no cause to wonder why all those "peacekeeping" Marines were in barracks on the ground with lax security, while the Missouri was off shore lobbing one-ton shells on the side we didn't like in the dispute. In a country where car bombings were not exactly an unexpected occurrence.

Which isn't saying Reagan was at fault there. Reagan's "full responsibility" in this case is much the same as Janet Reno's "full responsibility" for Waco. They both backed up the chain of command. I doubt if either was much aware of the details. Admirable in and of itself, but if it prevents a full examination of what went wrong, a bit problematic.

Cheers, Dan.
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