reagan – The News Desk

“We’re not in an armed conflict with the Houthis,” deputy Pentagon press secretary Sabrina Singh recently stressed, and “part of why we are in the region is to bolster our deterrence.”Such words aren’t assuring for our Navy ships in the Red Sea, which have been fending off missiles and attack drones fired by the Iran-backed rebels for the past several months. Yes, the Navy’s boast in an Army-Navy Game day video that one of our destroyers is 22-0 against Houthi fire is impressive and a testament to the skill of our Navy crews. But if the scoreboard flips to 100-1, Americans will demand to know why Iran didn’t feel all that deterred by our naval deployments and why our sailors were injured or killed. Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c...

Monday is the 40th anniversary of the worst day of Ronald Reagan’s Presidency, when Islamic terrorists used truck bombs to kill 307 people, including 241 Americans, at the Marine barracks in Beirut. The echoes of that assault can be heard in the debate over how Israel should respond to the Oct. 7 slaughter of some 1,400 innocents on its soil, including at least 31 Americans.A group called Islamic Jihad, a predecessor to the Iran-backed Hezbollah militia in Lebanon, took responsibility for the bombing. Many U.S. officials believe Iran was behind the suicide bombings, though the Reagan Administration never fixed specific blame. It also didn’t respond militarily, and Reagan withdrew U.S. soldiers from Beirut. Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5...

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