Quote Originally Posted by Psycho4Bud
Do you recall the dialogue that Reagan used on Libya?
Libya - United States

Not really much difference.......do ya really think that he would have allowed a nuclear Libya?

Have a good one!:s4:
The differance was that it was actual Libyan Government Agents that planted the bomb. I agree with the airstrike in retaliation because it was proven to be Libyan agents killing Americans in a terrorist act.

"United States-Libyan tensions erupted in April 1986. On April 5, Libyan agents planted a bomb in a Berlin nightclub frequented by United States service personnel. The explosion killed 2 people, 1 an American serviceman, and injured 204 others. In retaliation, on April 15, the United States launched air strikes on Tripoli and Benghazi."

I don't believe a nuclear Libya would have been allowed by ISREAL. The Isreali's knocked out Iraq's nuclear program and would have done the same to Libya. This is the basic contention that I have with today's US foreign policy...Why is the USA responsible for policing the Mid-East? The majority of the countries in the region don't want a nuclear Iran any more then the US and Isreal. A nuclear Iran is much more of a threat to them in the near future then they are to America. These countries make money hand-over-fist in oil and buy American and Soviet weapons. It's high time that the Saudis, Egypt, Turkey, and Jordan take care of business in their own backyard.