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Subject: Re: Frenchmen getting bombed, why them?
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In article <15883@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> tedrick@ernie.Berkeley.EDU.UUCP (Tom Tedrick) writes:
>
>What happened to the American "peace-keeping" force in Lebanon?
>
They were withdrawn.  Reagan blinked *HARD*  Just like he has blinked over
the Daniloff affair.  Reagan is tough only as long as it looks good on TV.
If the Iranian Crisis had happened during this administration it is clear
that Reagan would have done anything the Ayatollah wanted just to get the
situation finished as soon as possible and out of the TV limelight so he
could replace it with a saccharine sweet display of "American-ness" - 
such as awarding a medal to Frank Sinatra.

Actually if Carter had done this he might have been re-elected - of course
the US foriegn policy credibility would have been shot but 6 years later
it has been trashed anyway so I guess it wouldn't have made any difference.