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so reading Rachel Maddow's book "Drift" and she had a funny line, Reagan seems to not quite understood how his hard line talk might affect those around him, in March of 1981 his Secretary of State Alexander Haig said to him "Give me the word, Give me the word and I'll turn that Island into a fucking parking lot!" about Cuba, Reagan was horrified and his Chief of Staff James Baker ordered that Haig should never again be alone with the boss

but what if rather than being horrified Reagan took Haig up on it? or pushed Haig off in a way that left Haig believing he had Reagan's blessing to take any action the State Department could?
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