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Subject: Current Events

Author:
HARD

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Date Posted: 19:47:24 06/05/04 Sat
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I just came across somthing interesting from the Reagan - Mondal debate of October 98. In a rebuttal to Walter Mondale Presiden Reagan had the following to say:

MODERATOR: Mr. President, your rebuttal?

REAGAN: Yes, first of all, Mr. Mondale should know that the President of the United States did not order the Marines into that barracks. That was a command decision made by the commanders on the spot and based with what they thought was best for the men there. That is one. On the other things that you've just said about the terrorists - I'm tempted to ask you what you would do. These are unidentified people, and after the bomb goes off they're blown to bits because they are suicidal individuals who think that they're going to go to paradise if they perpetrate such an act and lose their life in doing it. We are going to, as I say - we are busy trying to find the centers where these operations stem from and retaliation will be taken, but we are not going to simply kill some people to say, oh look, we got even. We want to know when we retaliate that we're retaliating with those who are responsible for the terrorist acts. And terrorist acts are such that our own United States Capitol in Washington has been bombed twice.

Quite a difference to GW's Bull in a China shop approach. Don't you think.

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Subject	Author	Date
memories of childhood and Reagan	Muff	20:27:16 06/05/04 Sat

Reagan was my reference point	Zara	00:31:19 06/06/04 Sun