Osama Bin Laden: Profile of a Terror Leader | ABC News
"In the 1980s, bin Laden left his comfortable Saudi home for Afghanistan to participate in the Afghan jihad, or holy war, against the invading forces of the Soviet Union - a cause that, ironically, the United States funded, pouring $3 billion into the Afghan resistance via the CIA."
Who is Osama Bin Laden? | BBC News
"...Bin Laden left Saudi Arabia in 1979 to fight against the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. The Afghan jihad was backed with American dollars and had the blessing of the governments of Saudi Arabia and Pakistan. He received security training from the CIA itself."
Who Is Osama Bin Laden? | Forbes
"...[Osama bin Laden] received military and financial assistance from the intelligence services of Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and the United States."
Reagan was the best president we have had in a century. Jimmy Carter was terrible, but at least he was honest. Obama is a liar and is out to destroy the USA.
Now I know reagan supporters are on the crack rock.
Better than Dwight. D. Eisenhower. ?
I think not.
Reagan believed what he was told when he signed that 1986 bill into law, and it wasn't until later that he found out he banned machineguns.
The cold war? He caused the Soviet Union (remember them?) to spend themselves to the point of destruction by making them believe in our Star Wars program, which had our new media calling him crazy to the point that the Soviets believe it. The program was mostly a fake just to drive the Soviets into exactly what happened. Talking about reliving history, a country spending itself into oblivion.
Reagan wasn't perfect, no president ever was, nor can they ever be because we don't allow them to be human, and we don't allow them to have differing viewpoints than our own.
Reagan took the declining economy left to him by the peanut farmer, said it would take time to get it fixed and over time got it going so well that william jefferson clinton was able to take credit for the good times.
No, Reagan wasn't perfect, but he did restore pride to the people of this great country.
No, I asked how it was his ban.
Reagan was the best president we have had in a century. Jimmy Carter was terrible, but at least he was honest. Obama is a liar and is out to destroy the USA.
Just as I have pointed out to you multiple times before but you always seem to not get it....RONALD REAGAN SIGNED IT INTO LAW
The Brady Bunch started their pressure for a handgun ban in 1982. Reagan never gave them so much as lip service to any of their demandsi see your points, but i'll give Ronnie alittle slack, taking one to the chest could sway ya alittle, not to mention watching your bud take a shot to the head, he ranks all around a great president, perfect no, but i'll take another one just like him.
He was the Prez, he signed it. He has to take responsibility. Blame the NRA or the (D) all you want....He signed it. Thats how I see it.
And as I have explained it to YOU multiple times, pro-gunners insisted upon getting the law signed, and it has been the best thing for gun owners post-'68. If it wasn't for the FOPA guns and ammo bonanza over the last 20 years I'm not sure we'd have 10's of millions of new gun owners to stand beside us.
The better course of action for FOPA would have been to not sign the law. He signed it, violating his oath of Office.
If Reagan was so "flexible" in his interpretation of the Constitution, why are the modern day Repubs in love with him?
I guess he fits the mold for today's Cult of the Golden Elephant.
This is one of those cases where "ya had to be there" to appreciate how bad Carter was - and how refreshing the change was. I know that the younger crowd here may not appreciate it - but this is one of the cases where it might pay to listen to those who were there. I'm 46 and was barely on the edge of it. Their eyewitness account, in my mind carries more weight than the revisionist history of those who have an axe to grind and/or weren't there.
It's sort of like "who are you going to believe more about life as a Jew as the Nazi's were coming to power - Anne Frank's diary? or a historical write up by somebody with an axe to grind - say Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for example?"
Reagan wasn't perfect by any stretch - but if you ask those who were adults when he was in the White House, most all would take him hands down over any President in our lifetimes.
Sure, don't blame the Democrats who foisted it on us, blame the guy that gun owners asked to swallow hard and sign it. That makes perfect sense.