"'I think it's better if the Iranians go to bed every night wondering what we might do' --Reagan"
In this cartoon created during the Iran-Iraq War (1980-1990), Herb Block suggested that President Ronald Reagan's remark in response to an Iraqi attack that killed Americans would cause sleepless, anxious nights not only in the Middle East but also the United States. Following the Iraqi aircraft attack that killed thirty-seven men aboard the U.S. Navy frigate Stark on May 17, the Reagan administration gave no hint of what the United States might do if its ships in the Persian Gulf were attacked by Iran's new land-based missiles.
In this cartoon created during the Iran-Iraq War (1980-1990), Herb Block suggested that President Ronald Reagan's remark in response to an Iraqi attack that killed Americans would cause sleepless, anxious nights not only in the Middle East but also the United States. Following the Iraqi aircraft attack that killed thirty-seven men aboard the U.S. Navy frigate Stark on May 17, the Reagan administration gave no hint of what the United States might do if its ships in the Persian Gulf were attacked by Iran's new land-based missiles.