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To: i-node who wrote (490226)	6/23/2009 4:21:46 PM
From: bentway	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572477

You just hate that Charlie Wilson debunks some of the phony RayGun myth, don't you? He's really the only contemporary president you guys have had that wasn't some sort of a total failure. I guess he DOES stand tall amongst the timber of Nixon, Ford, one-termer Poppy and W.

To: i-node who wrote (490226)	6/23/2009 10:50:14 PM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1572477

"Actually, the first shoulder fired Stinger was launched in mid-1975 under a program that began during the Nixon presidency." Fine. That still explodes your contention that nothing happened until Reagan. "You can say what you want to, but the reality is that it was Ronald Reagan, NOT Charlie Wilson" I don't know who Charlie Wilson is. So what is your point? The fact of the matter is that the Stinger, along with everything described as the first generation of "smart weapons" was fully funded under Carter. In fact, he was the first president who pushed the issue.