Hey Bob, I think you need to look up Reagan’s response to the Beruit bombings of our US troops as UN peacekeeprs in 1983. It was the first real non-response to anti-US terrorism that emboldened terrorists - “hey! we got away with this! let’s do it again!”. Even though the US knew EXACTLY where the terrorists were hiding out we did nothing. I won’t post a link, feel free to look things up on your own.
Hey Bob, I think you need to look up Reagan’s response to the Beruit bombings of our US troops as UN peacekeeprs in 1983. It was the first real non-response to anti-US terrorism that emboldened terrorists - “hey! we got away with this! let’s do it again!”. Even though the US knew EXACTLY where the terrorists were hiding out we did nothing. I won’t post a link, feel free to look things up on your own.