Every word he spoke was genuine and sincere. He contained his anger and maintained a respectable calmness while the entire world listened. Men of his caliber are near extinction. #Patriot #respect
Regardless of political party, there is absolutely no politician today that has half the class Ronald Reagan had when it comes to speaking in front of the camera to the nation. This gentleman made my childhood one to remember. God bless you, Mr. Reagan, and Nancy too!
Stop, if the Lebanon thing happened on Bush or Obama;s watch, we would bomb them into oblivion. Reagan cant hold Bush or Obama's jock when it comes to acting aggressive. Actually acting mind you, not speeches read by a professional from Hollywood.
I was stationed in Korea when this happened. In one of our sister company of CSC 1/38th one of our soldiers wife and two kids was on that plane. This act touch a lot of us personally. wish them a happy life in heaven.
***** Aaaaaaaand isn't NORTH America is the northern part of something bigger called AMERICA? Then why would there be a south and/or north america then
America needs another leader like this....the world needs another leader like this, for the simple reason that by his actions and words he showed that he considered himself a servant, more than a leader.
Good day to all:We Love U.S.President Ronald Reagan from all of our hearts!President Ronald Reagan will always and forever be in my heart and i love him very much.Very sincerlly.with respect TG.
I was 14 when this happened and I remember how the entire world seemed to be holding its breath from about 1983 to 1987. The American attack on Libya was another potential flashpoint. Reagan did a very good job in this period although to be honest I didn't like him much then. Also I think Gorbachev sometimes doesn't get the credit he deserves for being able to meet with Reagan and dial the cold war back without either side losing face and I bet both men would be saddened by the state of the world today.
Gorbachev was a great leader, someone willing to really take big risks and eventually lose his power to do what he thought was right for his nation, Reagan similarly Reagan was a great communicator and leader, agree or disagree with their policies their ability to look past their public rhetoric and work together is what truly made them both great. Reagan talked though but was more than willing to work with the Soviets, the tough talk gave him the latitude to decide where we would cooperate and yet he wasn't obstructionist in dialing back the cold war, Gorbachev had similar characteristics though more toned down, he looked past Reagan's rhetoric and was able to spin things in a way that both leaders could partner without losing face, they may have been men of their times but the world is very fortunate to have had both men in power at the right time and place.
The Greatest American President in my 70 year lifetime. What we have now in the White House is a total disgrace and a total failure that will haunt us for years to come. God Bless You President Reagan, you are dearly missed.
Regardless of politics or who you voted for, Reagan knows how to make a damn good speech. I posted this video on my facebook status in reference to flight MH17 because this speech addresses the emotions and the plight of the victims, their families and all decent people around the world far better than Barack Obama's mumbling press conference did just a few hours ago. This is despite Reagan having made this address 31 years prior to the shoot down of MH17.
It was this incident that prompted President Reagan to order the Department of Defense to make the GPS system available to the public. Prior to this incident only the military could use the GPS satellites.
Make no mistake, Putin wouldn't dare try his shenanigans in Ukraine were Reagan & Thatcher around. Putin is a KGB Cold Warrior- Obama is no match. Seriously miss the Gipper.
I do truly agree with you, were there still men in Office like Mr. R.W.Reagan was, there were no landgrabing and Terrorist-attacks from cold-war fanatics like Mr. V. Putin & co.
Now with MH17 almost certainly shot down by russian agents in eastern Ukraine, compare this address to Obama's timid and indecisive reaction to the clear aggression.
Thank you, Ronald Reagan, for helping to make sure that my daughter's school does NOT have a Fallout Shelter sign by the door, like mine did. Thank you.
Coming to this address after the Malaysia Airliner was shot down. There's something about Reagan's quiet confidence, presence and ability to reassure that set him apart. I haven't heard any public announcement from Obama yet. All I've read about is a brief blurb he coughed out before going into some lighthearted speech....
Such steel and clarity coupled with courage and conviction contributed to the winning of the Cold War. Our current president, pray for him, is an amatuer tring to make decisions on a world stage he simply isn't capable of.
"Where have you gone Joe Dimaggio?" That line came to mind as i watched this. They don't make them like they used to. God I miss this man. You realize exactly how lacking Obama is as you watch this.
Reagan certainly wasn't perfect, but he was the best US President in my lifetime -- and one of the greatest ever. I can only imagine the namby-pamby, wimpy, weak response that Obama would have made to something like this.
My friend's mom was on that flight, we were both 6 years old or so at the time and I remember his mom leaving for that flight and playing with him that day. Never saw him again after this happened and their house was vacant for a while.
You know, the RC-145 is helpless against a fighter jet. If any aircraft over flies a sovereign nation without permission that nation is within it's rights to force that plane to land. Can you imagine the value to the USSR of capturing a US RC0135 and it's crew? Such a thing would generate propaganda, concessions from the US for the safe return of the planes crew (which could be interrogated in the mean time) and the greatest value of such a thing would be intelligence gathered from the plane itself. I can not imagine the reason for shooting down such a plane if they could capture it. Of course capturing a passenger airplane would not be very valuable. You could maybe hold the crew for violating your airspace and you'd get the plane but it would not generate much value to intelligence. I think they knew EXACTLY what the plane was.
You know, the strength of Reagan (at least in this video) was his ability to make it extremely difficult for people to escape responsibility. I mean this president was his own newscaster in how informative he was, I miss this.
George Washington was the best hand down. He freed our nation and was the founder of everything Reagan followed not to mention even his enemies were in aww of him..
i am korean. i was a boy when this happened and i thought reagan was a superman for this. i think obama is okay but his reaction was not awesome like reagan's
What a lot of people have to realize is that a US plane or a Korean one flying over A Soviet No-Fly zone got shot down. I don't condone this acts but think about it, it's the middle of the Cold War and say a soviet plane flies over US territory, it's gonna get shot down no matter what you can't just look at the soviets and blame them cause every other nation would have done the same.
The United States did the same thing as he soviets did in this instance. One of your naval ships shot down a civilian Iranian airliner and claimed it was a enemy fighter jet. Like Reagan said civilian airliners have very "Distinct" silhouettes
With a repeat of a shooting down of a passenger plane today, oh how we miss such a great President as Reagan who could be relied upon to challenge the "evil empire" and put up with their barbarism.
This is what real leadership looks like. We miss you President Reagan!
Every word he spoke was genuine and sincere. He contained his anger and maintained a respectable calmness while the entire world listened. Men of his caliber are near extinction. #Patriot #respect
Reagan was a LEADER. Strength & grace.
Very moving speech! One of the greatest presidents ever!
He was one of the greatest
Great President. The best so far in my lifetime. RIP President Reagan. Forever missed.
See this, this is what a President should be like.
Unfortunately, the U.S. Hasn't had a brave leader since Reagan. We only have talking puppets. Kermit the Frog could be president today.
+Stereobrainagain Liberals for kermit 2016
What a difference it makes having a real leader in times like these! Wish we had a man like president Reagan in office today!!
He spoke with such elegance.
Yes... that kind of articulation is sorely missed today.
To our youth: THIS is what a President does when a civilian airliner is shot down in cold blood. Learn as much about him as you can.
Regardless of political party, there is absolutely no politician today that has half the class Ronald Reagan had when it comes to speaking in front of the camera to the nation. This gentleman made my childhood one to remember. God bless you, Mr. Reagan, and Nancy too!
Oh, how I love President Reagan. President Reagan lives forever.
God bless Ronald Reagan. I can't even imagine how he would turn around in his grave seeing America today. Boy do we need him now!
In this time of world wide chaos, I wish we had a president like Reagan again.
Ya, that response from Reagan after Lebanon was one for the ages... Idiot.
OccupytheParadigm . That was still better than the response after Benghazi.
What made you a believer?
OccupytheParadigm . Can you put your question into context? I'm not a mind reader.
That one speech was better than the other?
A true man, and a true leader.
Children should be shown Mr. Reagan's speeches in school so that they know that there once was a man who deserved to sit in that office.
16:25 It was this that caused President Regan to order the declassification and modification of the GPS system for world wide civilian use.
Nobody is perfect, but he tried to do it right.
I wish we could have a LEADER today like President Reagan.
Stop, if the Lebanon thing happened on Bush or Obama;s watch, we would bomb them into oblivion. Reagan cant hold Bush or Obama's jock when it comes to acting aggressive. Actually acting mind you, not speeches read by a professional from Hollywood.
A real President
Right, the professional actor. Great.
A real Actor
Obama isn't acting at all, he really is that incompetent!
James Hopkins Futurama Love it!
And a real man, not like the pussy in the white house now
Now THIS is a real President!
I miss the 80's
Man, I miss having a real president.
Hear, Hear.
This speech means something today.
You are right Chris, more than a man, less than a God..like Hercules.
AMEN!
I was stationed in Korea when this happened. In one of our sister company of CSC 1/38th one of our soldiers wife and two kids was on that plane. This act touch a lot of us personally. wish them a happy life in heaven.
A real president. Will there ever be someone like Reagan again
Now, more than ever, we need a president like Reagan.
Ronald Reagan is always be my hero, he is America's hero
Yup
America is a continent, not a country. Please don't steal the name, Americo Vespuccio and the rest of the continent thank you.
***** Aaaaaaaand isn't NORTH America is the northern part of something bigger called AMERICA? Then why would there be a south and/or north america then
America needs another leader like this....the world needs another leader like this, for the simple reason that by his actions and words he showed that he considered himself a servant, more than a leader.
Good day to all:We Love U.S.President Ronald Reagan from all of our hearts!President Ronald Reagan will always and forever be in my heart and i love him very much.Very sincerlly.with respect TG.
I was 14 when this happened and I remember how the entire world seemed to be holding its breath from about 1983 to 1987. The American attack on Libya was another potential flashpoint. Reagan did a very good job in this period although to be honest I didn't like him much then. Also I think Gorbachev sometimes doesn't get the credit he deserves for being able to meet with Reagan and dial the cold war back without either side losing face and I bet both men would be saddened by the state of the world today.
Gorbachev was a great leader, someone willing to really take big risks and eventually lose his power to do what he thought was right for his nation, Reagan similarly Reagan was a great communicator and leader, agree or disagree with their policies their ability to look past their public rhetoric and work together is what truly made them both great. Reagan talked though but was more than willing to work with the Soviets, the tough talk gave him the latitude to decide where we would cooperate and yet he wasn't obstructionist in dialing back the cold war, Gorbachev had similar characteristics though more toned down, he looked past Reagan's rhetoric and was able to spin things in a way that both leaders could partner without losing face, they may have been men of their times but the world is very fortunate to have had both men in power at the right time and place.
Ronald Reagan is our last great President.
He made us great again and we need another like him today.
This video will be watched again thousands of times and we will all be thinking the same thing...
Great President and great speech!.
The Greatest American President in my 70 year lifetime. What we have now in the White House is a total disgrace and a total failure that will haunt us for years to come. God Bless You President Reagan, you are dearly missed.
+John L Beautifully put John my thought's completely,we are facing around the world a drought,of charismatic statesman.The world is a sadder place.
Regardless of politics or who you voted for, Reagan knows how to make a damn good speech.
I posted this video on my facebook status in reference to flight MH17 because this speech addresses the emotions and the plight of the victims, their families and all decent people around the world far better than Barack Obama's mumbling press conference did just a few hours ago. This is despite Reagan having made this address 31 years prior to the shoot down of MH17.
We need Reagan!!
It was this incident that prompted President Reagan to order the Department of Defense to make the GPS system available to the public. Prior to this incident only the military could use the GPS satellites.
he was a great man God bless
God Bless Him!
Watching this makes me feel like today, America is a country without a Father.
A TRUE LEADER
that is what a President sounds like .
The Great Gipper telling it straight up.
I miss the days when we took no bull from anyone. Ronald Reagan, you're truly missed.
So iwish we could have a leader like this again
Sure miss his leadership
Make no mistake, Putin wouldn't dare try his shenanigans in Ukraine were Reagan & Thatcher around. Putin is a KGB Cold Warrior- Obama is no match.
Seriously miss the Gipper.
Fuckin right friend.
I do truly agree with you, were there still men in Office like Mr. R.W.Reagan was,
there were no landgrabing and Terrorist-attacks from cold-war fanatics like
Mr. V. Putin & co.
Most of the Reaganites are busy sucking Putin's dick because Putin hates gays as much as the Reaganites do.
I was in the Navy when Reagan was president. Best fucking Commander in Chief ever. He didn't put up with any bullshit,nor did Margaret Thatcher.
Now with MH17 almost certainly shot down by russian agents in eastern Ukraine, compare this address to Obama's timid and indecisive reaction to the clear aggression.
A real leader!!
Thank you, Ronald Reagan, for helping to make sure that my daughter's school does NOT have a Fallout Shelter sign by the door, like mine did. Thank you.
I miss having a president who actually knows how to lead.
A lucid, and thorough case presented by a master of the art of communication.
Reagan master President. Hail Reagan!
God I hope we can have another President like this again. How we need the likes of him today!
Coming to this address after the Malaysia Airliner was shot down. There's something about Reagan's quiet confidence, presence and ability to reassure that set him apart. I haven't heard any public announcement from Obama yet. All I've read about is a brief blurb he coughed out before going into some lighthearted speech....
Reagan: The last adult to inhabit the Oval Office.
My man!!! The world better be lucky this man is not president today. Real Leader
We need another president like this.
Such steel and clarity coupled with courage and conviction contributed to the winning of the Cold War. Our current president, pray for him, is an amatuer tring to make decisions on a world stage he simply isn't capable of.
Ronald Reagan was so much better than what we have now.
Will we ever get a real leader like Reagan was ever again?
Look how far we fallen.
Now THAT is a President!!
For you Millennials, this is what a leader sounds like. Not, "It appears that there was some kind of tragedy, and hey, how about that Joe Biden!"
THIS is what a President sounds like. NOT the current buffoon we have as "king".
I distinctly remember this. I still have the Newseek magazine from that week with the cover title "Murder in the Air"
Mr. Reagan if he was a real leader, a leader who never bowed his head, a leader who marked an era, a leader that the world needs today.
Cheers¡
we will never have another great president like Reagan
I miss the days when adults were in charge
This is ONE US President who gave up golf and fundraisers to address the Nation for a crime. We dont have that anymore...
Now we have the red line (pink line) President. Wish Reagan was still with us....
Amazing how much this speech applies to the horrors of 7/17/14.
"Where have you gone Joe Dimaggio?" That line came to mind as i watched this. They don't make them like they used to. God I miss this man. You realize exactly how lacking Obama is as you watch this.
you know, i believe that Mr. Reagan has a speech that would solve 99% of whats wrong with our government today
Reagan certainly wasn't perfect, but he was the best US President in my lifetime -- and one of the greatest ever.
I can only imagine the namby-pamby, wimpy, weak response that Obama would have made to something like this.
Ike and Reagan, best of the post-war presidents.
Reagan was a great man, may he RIP. This almost sparked a nuclear war, by the way
Nothing has changed: MH17
My friend's mom was on that flight, we were both 6 years old or so at the time and I remember his mom leaving for that flight and playing with him that day. Never saw him again after this happened and their house was vacant for a while.
"Superman, where are you now?" - Phil Collins / Genesis, Land of Confusion
You know, the RC-145 is helpless against a fighter jet. If any aircraft over flies a sovereign nation without permission that nation is within it's rights to force that plane to land. Can you imagine the value to the USSR of capturing a US RC0135 and it's crew? Such a thing would generate propaganda, concessions from the US for the safe return of the planes crew (which could be interrogated in the mean time) and the greatest value of such a thing would be intelligence gathered from the plane itself.
I can not imagine the reason for shooting down such a plane if they could capture it. Of course capturing a passenger airplane would not be very valuable. You could maybe hold the crew for violating your airspace and you'd get the plane but it would not generate much value to intelligence.
I think they knew EXACTLY what the plane was.
wow. Where are these leaders?!?! Unbelievable.
Dr. Ben Carson could be Reagan 2.0
Yeah no kidding! Ben Carson is a class act, rather than a class clown.
You know, the strength of Reagan (at least in this video) was his ability to make it extremely difficult for people to escape responsibility.
I mean this president was his own newscaster in how informative he was, I miss this.
George Washington was the best hand down. He freed our nation and was the founder of everything Reagan followed not to mention even his enemies were in aww of him..
My God! This Country NEEDS another Regan or we are SCREWED. TRUMP 2016
I miss Reagan. He may be our last, great President.
i am korean. i was a boy when this happened and i thought reagan was a superman for this. i think obama is okay but his reaction was not awesome like reagan's
"We seek no manifest destiny" find a 'christian' republican today who still agrees with Reagan today!
four more years!!!! we need another Reagan
What a lot of people have to realize is that a US plane or a Korean one flying over A Soviet No-Fly zone got shot down. I don't condone this acts but think about it, it's the middle of the Cold War and say a soviet plane flies over US territory, it's gonna get shot down no matter what you can't just look at the soviets and blame them cause every other nation would have done the same.
Very Presidential. God bless him.
The United States did the same thing as he soviets did in this instance. One of your naval ships shot down a civilian Iranian airliner and claimed it was a enemy fighter jet. Like Reagan said civilian airliners have very "Distinct" silhouettes
Civilian airliners have very distinct flight behaviour that radars are able to notice, like maintain a specific altitude.
Reagan was the best. :(
Reagan vs Obama Wow - Huge difference. We have a totally weak and ineffective president today. Amazing difference
Balls of steel. One of the Top 5 greatest presidents in this nation's history.
A REAL PRESIDENT
History repeat itself
Verdade
Note Piotr Zalewski Korean Air Lines Flight 902 (shot down by Russia) and Iran Air Flight 655 (shot down by US) ...
List of Airliner Shootdowns:
1970s
1 Libyan Arab Airlines Flight 114
2 Korean Air Lines Flight 902
3 Air Rhodesia Flight RH825
4 Air Rhodesia Flight RH827
1980s
1 Aerolinee Itavia Flight 870
2 Korean Air Lines Flight 007
3 Polar 3
4 Air Malawi 7Q-YMB
5 Iran Air Flight 655
6 T&G Aviation DC-7
1990s
1 1993 Transair Georgian Airline Shootdowns
2 Lionair Flight LN 602
2000s
1 2001 Siberia Airlines Flight 1812
2 2003 Baghdad DHL attempted shootdown incident
3 2007 Balad aircraft crash
4 2007 Mogadishu TransAVIAexport Airlines Il-76 crash
2010s
1 2014 Malaysian Airlines Flight 17
???
Well done list😢
We have the same propaganda no apology at all the same scenario of lies and deceptions
With a repeat of a shooting down of a passenger plane today, oh how we miss such a great President as Reagan who could be relied upon to challenge the "evil empire" and put up with their barbarism.
This is how Obama should have addressed MH17
Almost a better performance than in Bedtime For Bonzo, nicely done.
So true.. Still actual... #mh17
Compare this to Barack Hussein's reaction to the Russians shooting down the Malaysian airliner.
This was when we had grown-ups in charge.
I may not agree with his politics, but he was a greater statesman than any of the Presidents that followed.