Operation El Dorado Canyon,Reagan's response to Lybia

As Reagan spoke on television, American aircraft
were in the air.  Dubbed Operation El Dorado Canyon, the mission was the culmination of extensive and complex planning.

This was President Reagan's response to Libya's attack on Americans, April 5, 1986.  Libyan agents bombed the La Belle disco in West Berlin, killing two American soldiers and one civilian, plus injuring 229 others.

Libya's leader, Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, had provided support for terrorist attacks and openly planned to continue in such actions.  Reagan ordered three carriers to enforce the standard twelve-mile limit to territorial waters after Gaddafi attempted to claim the entire Gulf of Sidra as territorial waters.  Thus, the reason for the bombing on April 5 at the La Belle.

Reagan had a reason to retaliate.  Americans were killed by terrorists and Lybia was responsible.  Addressing the nation on the night of April 14, he argued "Self defense is not only our right, it is our duty. It is the purpose behind the mission...a mission fully consistent with Article 51 of the UN Charter."

Around 2:00 AM on April 15, the American aircraft began to arrive over their targets. In action for approximately twelve minutes, American aircraft struck each of the designated targets though several were forced to abort for various reasons.  The attack damaged the terrorism infrastructure within Libya.

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Four Americans were killed on 9/11....just days ago.  Two days after an act of war was committed against the United States in both Egypt and Libya, on sovereign American territory, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was in the Ben Franklin Room in Washington, D.C., celebrating the end of Ramadan (Eid Mubarak).

Clinton continues to harp on the poorly produced video which insults Muhammed as the reason for the attacks in Libya.  Now, many other countries are following the example of Cairo and Libya with demonstrations of hate against the US.

Clinton and Obama are side-stepping, evading, avoiding, and dodging the issue with the agility of an olympic competitor...they just can't seem to place the blame where it lies.  If they did so, it would damage their relationship to muslims. 

God-forbid that these rioters getting their feelings hurt.  If the movie is responsible for the murders, as Clinton continues to broadcast, then they (the muslims, rioters) are extremely immature people.   Let's face it.  Muslims don't like us.  And nothing Clinton and Obama can do will ever change that!

Reagan knew how to stand up for America.  And he did.  And did he ever!
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