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In reply to the discussion: Something kind of hit me today. [View all]SleeplessinSoCal
(8,996 posts)A good number of Republicans approved of Jimmy Carter his first year in office. Then the Iran Hostage Crisis. And I think the GOP began their radical shift after the Lebanon attack under Reagan.
"October 23, 1983 - 241 US service personnel -- including 220 Marines and 21 other service personnel -- are killed by a truck bomb at a Marine compound in Beirut, Lebanon. ... This was the deadliest attack against US Marines since the battle over Iwo Jima in February 1945."
Remember they pulled out. They didn't go after them. And then Libya.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan_Am_Flight_103?wprov=sfla1
I think the Republican war machine attracted Neo-Conservatives owing to our dependence on middle east oil and concerns for Israel.
Then along comes Andrew Jackson Von Trump and we have what we have and everything is haywire.