” ‘[T]he situation in Lebanon is difficult, frustrating, and dangerous,’ [President Ronald] Reagan said in a radio address to the nation in early February [4] 1984. ‘But that is no reason to turn our backs on friends and to cut and run. If we do, we’ll be sending one signal to terrorists everywhere: They can gain by waging war against innocent people.’ ”
– Donald Rumsfeld, Known and Unknown, Page 27