Ronald Reagan actually said...

"I think it would be terrible if any of our allies withdrew from their present position of support for this."

"We owe it to them—but more importantly, to ourselves—to follow through on a program so vital to the well-being of our closest neighbors."

"This approach also will have minimum net impact on the budget deficit over the next 3 years since it accelerates money that we were already going to pay out."

"Any time that our forces...are fired upon, they have a right to defend themselves, yes."