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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (192841)	1/13/2007 12:53:03 PM
From: LindyBill	Respond to of 793750

Why would they be so stupid, when their current strategy of supporting terrorist proxies is working so well? The worst response we ever gave the Iranians was when we identified the Terrorists who hit our Marines in Lebanon, Reagan OK'd hitting them from our offshore battleship, and Caspar Weinberger, the Sec of Defense, interposed himself and canceled the strike. Reagan found out about it later, and let it go. When Weinberger died, I was amazed at all the good press he got. In the biggest moment of his life, he failed his country.

To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (192841)	1/13/2007 1:38:15 PM
From: D. Long	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793750

Why would they be so stupid, when their current strategy of supporting terrorist proxies is working so well? It's hard to move from the idea of war as conventional armies bashing it out to this more subtle form of war-by-proxy. It's a hard sell, because most people just don't get it. It just seems like a bunch of unconnected events, or as the media would play it, some generalized anger in the "Arab Street" at US policies. "Never mind the man behind the curtain..."