Actually, the military buildup attributed to Reagan started in the third year of Carter's administration. Take a look at military expenditures during 1978-1988.
As for morals, the administration of Ronald Wilson "deficits don't matter" Reagan saw more of it's officials indicted for crimes than any other administration in the history of the United States. George HW Bush pardoned them all. Even Nixon's band of not-so-merry thieves didn't beat Reagan for indicted and convicted administration members.
And, yes, there's the deaths of 241 marines left without ammo in their rifles due to rules of engagement handed down directly from the White House. Or arms trading with Iran despite a US and International arms embargo against iran. Or the mining of Nicaraguan harbors killing West Germany sailors trading with the government of that nation. And so on.
I've never gotten this "moral" Reagan picture. He was third-rate actor who, as president of the screen actor's guild, took money from the studios to settle a labor action by the guild in favor of the studios. He cheated on his wife, Jane Wyman, and eventually married nancy Davis five months before she gave birth to their first child.
Reagan was a Hollywood hack who made bad war films during WWII yet claimed, falsely, to have been in Germany when the deaths camps were liberated (in a conversation with then Israeli PM M. Begin, who knew Reagan was full of shit but didn't mention it to Reagan.)
Carter was a Sunday school teacher who lived his faith, and has continued to do so since leaving the presidency. Carter also was a Navy officer who served on nuclear subs and was a protege of Adm. Zumwalt, father of the USA's nuclear sub program.
Jimmy Carter told Americans "we must start living within our means."
Ronald Wilson "deficits don't matter" Reagan said: "you're Americans; you can have anything you want."
The Status of Forces agreement that withdrew US troops from Iraq was signed by George W.Bush in 2008 and carried out by Barak H. Obama in 2009.
You speak of moral decline as if it began on Jan. 21, 2009. The only moral decline I see is the hate spewed by the rabid right through half-truths and outright lies and the de-facto minority rule by Republicans in the Senate by profligate use of the filibuster, more than all previous Senates in the history of the nation. Including Senate Minority leader Mitch McConnell's filibuster of his own bill, a first in the history of the nation.
Moral decline? Yeah, it's Obama's fault.
son of witless wrote:
BoJoker,
Ronnie Raygun stopped the military, economic, and moral decline under Jimmie Carter. Barry Obummer has restarted the military, economic, and moral decline of America.
Obummer has lost Iraq, Afghanistan, and the international respect of America. Putin has run circles around him in the middle east.
Your mighty hero illegally keeps delaying provisions of Obummercare. Why? Why? Since Obummercare is so super wonderful, why does your fearless leader keep delaying it? Why does he deny his fellow Americans the fantabulousness of his signature legislation?
BoJoker, br br Ronnie Raygun stopped the military... (
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