Ronald Reagan is an example of a president who did a poor job promoting and securing US interests according to the traditionalist theory. President Reagan saw international relations very simplistically, very black and white, good and evil. According to the traditionalist theory, areas on the rimland (the coastal region of Europe and Asia) are considered important to US interests. Reagan’s administration concentrated not on the rimland, but rather South America and Africa. Reagan carried out many milita

ry demonstrations that showed his passion for defending places that are not considered vital to traditionalist thinkers. The first demonstration was in Libya in 1981; the leader, Quaddafi, declared that Libyan borders extended 200 miles off its coast when the recognized boundaries is twelve and three-quarters. Reagan had US military ships sail as close as two and a half miles off the coast of Libya, putting US military in harms way. When Quaddafi sent out planes, the US military shot them down. Another country in which Reagan used unnecessary military force was in Lebanon, from 1982-1984. Lebanon is a deeply troubled nation; after Israel invaded in 1982 with the backing of the United States, the US sent in troops to help keep the peace between the Palestine’s and the Christians. In 1984, 241 US marines were killed outside of Beruit in a bombing, soon after that all US troops left. It is unclear to traditionalists what our troops were doing in Lebanon in the first place since no US interests were at stake; it was just a senseless loss of America

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