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Title: | Reality check on US presidents - the republicans | |||
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| Name: | Mark Lincoln | | |||
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| City: | Houston | State: | Texas | | |
| Eisenhower; Forced an end to the Sinai war and the return of the Sinai and canal to Egypt. Nixon; rushed essential supplies to Israel, forced an end to the war when Israel had much of the Egyptian army surrounded and on the verge of annihilation. Ford; did nothing. Reagan; Supported the invasion of Lebanon in 1982, sent the Marines to Beirut in 1983, resulting in the Embassy and barracks bombings in 1983 which established the image of American weakness until 1991. Supported Saddam Hussein in the Iran-Iraq war. Supported the founding of modern Islamic fundamentalist terrorism in Afghanistan. Traded arms to Iran in the mid-80s. Supported the Settler Movement. G.H.W. Bush; Backed the Oslo talks, put pressure on Israel to negotiate with the PLO. Dubbya Bush; made things worse all over the region. |
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