Same attack style on the WTC and Pentagon from Islamic terrorists. How would have Reagan responded if the attack emerged from Afghanistan? Or perhaps more time period appropriate Libya?
The US was backing islamic militants in the 80s against the Soviet Union. If any terror group would do 9/11 at the time, it would be Hezbollah which killed 241 marines in the 1983 bombing in Beirut. If that happened, the US would invade Lebanon and possibly Iran, which funded Hezbollah.Same attack style on the WTC and Pentagon from Islamic terrorists. How would have Reagan responded if the attack emerged from Afghanistan? Or perhaps more time period appropriate Libya?
The US was backing islamic militants in the 80s against the Soviet Union. If any terror group would do 9/11 at the time, it would be Hezbollah which killed 241 marines in the 1983 bombing in Beirut. If that happened, the US would invade Lebanon and possibly Iran, which funded Hezbollah.
Same attack style on the WTC and Pentagon from Islamic terrorists. How would have Reagan responded if the attack emerged from Afghanistan? Or perhaps more time period appropriate Libya?