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the Reagan period, we used force only three times. People think of us
as warlike, but we used force in Grenada to rescue potential hostages
there; we were in and out of there quickly, we achieved our mission,
got out; we used force to put Qaddafi back in his box by taking out a
building from which he had directed attacks against our soldiers; and
we used it once in the Persian Gulf.
People say we didn’t communicate with Iran, but we did. When Iran was
messing around with Kuwaiti shipping, you remember, we re-flagged the
Kuwaiti tankers so we could protect them, and when the Iranian
president was at the United Nations, giving a speech saying the last
thing Iran would do would put a mine in the Persian Gulf, our Navy was
taking a picture of them doing it. And then we boarded the ship and we
took some mines off for evidence, took the sailors off the ship, sank
the ship, took the sailors to Dubai and said to the Iranians, come and
get your sailors and cut it out. Now, that was communication.
(Laughter.) -FORMER SECRETARY OF STATE
GEORGE SHULTZ
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Those were the good ole days - when accomplished adults were in charge.
ReplyDeleteLt. Col. Gen. Tailgunner dick
My thoughts exactly Tailgunner-what a difference now huh?
ReplyDeleteMM
And I remember that well, having been in the gulf when that crap was going on.
ReplyDeleteSadly, the adults are no longer running the US.
ReplyDeleteGothguy, I fondly remember the 'line of death' across the Gulf of Sudra. I was also in the gulf during that time, and we had quite a chuckle.
ReplyDeleteThe best part was that Saddam and Iran were trying to wipe each other out of existence, so we just kind of watched and tried not to cheer for both sides at the same time....
--Obernai
Just Damn! I miss him! The last real ADULT POTUS we had and he made Americans proud.
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