The danger of Americans being killed, the danger of divisiveness that would accrue from those developments... are all too real. A superpower should not play that kind of role in a cauldron of trouble, because sooner or later we are going to get hurt.
On Reagan's 1982 decision to send troops to Lebanon Harrop, Froma. "Dems Need Another Scoop Jackson", RealClearPolitics, 11-23-2005.