The Lebanese currency has lost close to 90 percent of its value, pushing much of the country below the poverty line, with many families relying on remittances from relatives abroad. Yet even those lifelines cannot make up for the shortages in commodities: gasoline, medications and food are all in short supply. Add to this a crumbling infrastructure that can supply electricity for only a few hours every day.
Let’s hope Biden knows a bear trap when he sees one.
Reagan tried intervention and failed, all he managed to do was make a bad situation worse.
Suicide bombers attacked the barracks of the U.S. and French contingents of the MNF, killing 241 American servicemen.
Reagan’s decision to withdraw the Marines remains controversial. Supporters argue that it did not make sense to sacrifice American lives and resources to help resolve a conflict where the parties involved showed little interest in working toward U.S. goals. Critics, however, claim that Reagan failed to stand firm against terrorism and demonstrated that the United States was an undependable ally.
So, would everyone had been happier if the USA had declared Afghanistan USA territory, made it a state even. Would that have made the world happier? No, they would not.
Again, I feel for the Afghan people, but if after 20 years they couldn’t stand on their own two feet, what more could we really do, short of declaring their country an American Territory? Which likely wouldn’t have made them happy either.
superposition over 2 years ago
The Lebanese currency has lost close to 90 percent of its value, pushing much of the country below the poverty line, with many families relying on remittances from relatives abroad. Yet even those lifelines cannot make up for the shortages in commodities: gasoline, medications and food are all in short supply. Add to this a crumbling infrastructure that can supply electricity for only a few hours every day.
https://thehill.com/opinion/international/562888-the-us-should-assist-lebanon-to-push-back-against-irans-ambitions
https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/07/16/the-united-states-is-pushing-lebanon-further-into-irans-embrace/
I C U over 2 years ago
Let’s hope Biden knows a bear trap when he sees one.
Reagan tried intervention and failed, all he managed to do was make a bad situation worse.
Suicide bombers attacked the barracks of the U.S. and French contingents of the MNF, killing 241 American servicemen.
Reagan’s decision to withdraw the Marines remains controversial. Supporters argue that it did not make sense to sacrifice American lives and resources to help resolve a conflict where the parties involved showed little interest in working toward U.S. goals. Critics, however, claim that Reagan failed to stand firm against terrorism and demonstrated that the United States was an undependable ally.
https://history.state.gov/milestones/1981-1988/lebanon
GiantShetlandPony over 2 years ago
So, would everyone had been happier if the USA had declared Afghanistan USA territory, made it a state even. Would that have made the world happier? No, they would not.
Again, I feel for the Afghan people, but if after 20 years they couldn’t stand on their own two feet, what more could we really do, short of declaring their country an American Territory? Which likely wouldn’t have made them happy either.
I C U over 2 years ago
No country ‘likes’ an invading army.
Redd Panda over 2 years ago
Quick, someone put up a Quicksand sign.