IMHO, The thing we have to remember is this region of the world is a hornet's nest having many, many layers of dynamics (ethnic, cultural, religious, historical, etc.). As did the British before him with the King David hotel bombing, Ronald Reagan learned his lesson after 241 marines were killed in the Beirut bombing. I recall Reagan accepting the blame and saying we Americans don't understand the deep rooted dynamics in that part of the world. He's right. There's layers on top of layers of false fronts and proxies.
IMHO, The thing we have to remember is this region of the world is a hornet's nest having many, many layers of dynamics (ethnic, cultural, religious, historical, etc.). As did the British before him with the King David hotel bombing, Ronald Reagan learned his lesson after 241 marines were killed in the Beirut bombing. I recall Reagan accepting the blame and saying we Americans don't understand the deep rooted dynamics in that part of the world. He's right. There's layers on top of layers of false fronts and proxies.