Ron Reagan said the reason he said he'd never pull out of Beruit was that 'he didn't understand the irrationality of Middle Eastern politics'

of course later he did leave Beruit

Ron Paul used this brilliantly to make a point about understanding me politics, but the post I wrote about it is gone

but it was a beautiful argument Paul made for dialogue and understanding our 'foes', and it was just plain purty the way he used the patron saint reagan against the other GOP candidates