Good policy should leave individual relationships out of it. I am not making any endorsement or criticism of a particular military action. However, a true leader isn't going to think differently because it's his/her kid versus someone else's. A true leader is going to look at the action as good/bad for our country.
On the actions of the 1980's and how they ended up today. I personally think Reagan made the right decisions for the world in which he made them. The world changed, and now what was done for the greater strategy needs to be altered.
Hindsight is always 20/20. If we knew then only what we knew then, the case is a lot different.
