This is what real leadership looks like. We miss you President Reagan!

He spoke with such elegance.

@Mystere1985

6 жыл бұрын

Yes... that kind of articulation is sorely missed today.

See this, this is what a President should be like.

@Stereobrainagain

8 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately, the U.S. Hasn't had a brave leader since Reagan. We only have talking puppets. Kermit the Frog could be president today.

@crispychicken1335

8 жыл бұрын

+Stereobrainagain Liberals for kermit 2016

Very moving speech! One of the greatest presidents ever!

@leithesocialistyuricon8981

7 жыл бұрын

He was one of the greatest

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

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.

Reagan was a LEADER. Strength & grace.

In this time of world wide chaos, I wish we had a president like Reagan again.

@occupytheparadigm7397

10 жыл бұрын

Ya, that response from Reagan after Lebanon was one for the ages... Idiot.

@AndyFromBeaverton

10 жыл бұрын

OccupytheParadigm . That was still better than the response after Benghazi.

@occupytheparadigm7397

10 жыл бұрын

What made you a believer?

@AndyFromBeaverton

10 жыл бұрын

OccupytheParadigm . Can you put your question into context? I'm not a mind reader.

@occupytheparadigm7397

10 жыл бұрын

That one speech was better than the other?

Great President. The best so far in my lifetime. RIP President Reagan. Forever missed.

I miss the 80's

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!

What a difference it makes having a real leader in times like these! Wish we had a man like president Reagan in office today!!

A real President

@occupytheparadigm7397

10 жыл бұрын

Right, the professional actor. Great.

@HarmonixHealing

10 жыл бұрын

A real Actor

@mikeg642000

9 жыл бұрын

Obama isn't acting at all, he really is that incompetent!

@DamienOBrienJ

9 жыл бұрын

James Hopkins Futurama Love it!

@DrKO2453

9 жыл бұрын

And a real man, not like the pussy in the white house now

Man, I miss having a real president.

@EdgarFriendly-op3rn

10 жыл бұрын

Hear, Hear.

@fd3393

10 жыл бұрын

This speech means something today.

@EdgarFriendly-op3rn

9 жыл бұрын

You are right Chris, more than a man, less than a God..like Hercules.

@RayTech70

9 жыл бұрын

AMEN!

16:25 It was this that caused President Regan to order the declassification and modification of the GPS system for world wide civilian use.

Oh, how I love President Reagan. President Reagan lives forever.

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.

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! 

Nobody is perfect, but he tried to do it right. I wish we could have a LEADER today like President Reagan.

@occupytheparadigm7397

10 жыл бұрын

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.

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.

Now THIS is a real President!

A true man, and a true 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.

This video will be watched again thousands of times and we will all be thinking the same thing...

A real president. Will there ever be someone like Reagan again

Ronald Reagan is always be my hero, he is America's hero

@leithesocialistyuricon8981

7 жыл бұрын

Yup

@Komnenit

7 жыл бұрын

America is a continent, not a country. Please don't steal the name, Americo Vespuccio and the rest of the continent thank you.

@Komnenit

7 жыл бұрын

***** 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

We need Reagan!!

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.

Watching this makes me feel like today, America is a country without a Father.

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.

@thehistoricalgamer

10 жыл бұрын

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.

Great President and great speech!.

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.

Now, more than ever, we need a president like Reagan.

Now THAT is a President!!

God Bless Him!

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.

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.

The Great Gipper telling it straight up.

Ronald Reagan is our last great President. He made us great again and we need another like him today.

that is what a President sounds like .

he was a great man God bless

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.

@specwar64

10 жыл бұрын

Fuckin right friend.

@brunowidmer2269

10 жыл бұрын

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.

@frankelliott2899

10 жыл бұрын

Most of the Reaganites are busy sucking Putin's dick because Putin hates gays as much as the Reaganites do.

@specwar64

10 жыл бұрын

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.

@Gaspard129

10 жыл бұрын

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.

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....

I distinctly remember this. I still have the Newseek magazine from that week with the cover title "Murder in the Air"

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.

@noelhillier9458

8 жыл бұрын

+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.

So iwish we could have a leader like this again

A real leader!!

A TRUE LEADER

Sure miss his leadership

Reagan: The last adult to inhabit the Oval Office.

God I hope we can have another President like this again. How we need the likes of him today!

We need another president like this.

Reagan master President. Hail Reagan!

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.

I miss the days when we took no bull from anyone. Ronald Reagan, you're truly missed.

A lucid, and thorough case presented by a master of the art of communication.

we will never have another great president like Reagan

I miss having a president who actually knows how to lead.

I miss the days when adults were in charge

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.

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.

Ike and Reagan, best of the post-war presidents.

Now we have the red line (pink line) President. Wish Reagan was still with us....

THIS is what a President sounds like. NOT the current buffoon we have as "king".

Nothing has changed: MH17

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!"

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

Amazing how much this speech applies to the horrors of 7/17/14.

Dr. Ben Carson could be Reagan 2.0

@Whitese7en

10 жыл бұрын

Yeah no kidding! Ben Carson is a class act, rather than a class clown.

"Superman, where are you now?" - Phil Collins / Genesis, Land of Confusion

This is ONE US President who gave up golf and fundraisers to address the Nation for a crime. We dont have that anymore...

four more years!!!! we need another Reagan

wow. Where are these leaders?!?! Unbelievable.

Reagan was a great man, may he RIP. This almost sparked a nuclear war, by the way

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¡

Almost a better performance than in Bedtime For Bonzo, nicely done.

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 man!!! The world better be lucky this man is not president today. Real Leader

Balls of steel. One of the Top 5 greatest presidents in this nation's history.

Reagan was the best. :(

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.

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.

History repeat itself

10 жыл бұрын

Verdade

@richardsimonokeeffe8986

10 жыл бұрын

Note Piotr Zalewski Korean Air Lines Flight 902 (shot down by Russia) and Iran Air Flight 655 (shot down by US) ...

@richardsimonokeeffe8986

10 жыл бұрын

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 ???

@pszalewski2012

10 жыл бұрын

Well done list😢

@pszalewski2012

10 жыл бұрын

We have the same propaganda no apology at all the same scenario of lies and deceptions

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

@crazytreeleaf

8 жыл бұрын

Civilian airliners have very distinct flight behaviour that radars are able to notice, like maintain a specific altitude.

"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.

If the current guy was in charge back then, he probably would've apologized for this.

you know, i believe that Mr. Reagan has a speech that would solve 99% of whats wrong with our government today

So true.. Still actual... #mh17

This is how Obama should have addressed MH17

"We seek no manifest destiny" find a 'christian' republican today who still agrees with Reagan today!

watching this in 2014.07.18 #MH17

Very Presidential. God bless him.

... Where was this type of response from obama?

I miss Reagan. He may be our last, great President.

A REAL PRESIDENT

This was when we had grown-ups in charge.

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.

Reagan vs Obama Wow - Huge difference. We have a totally weak and ineffective president today. Amazing difference

Amen.

US also shot down an Iranian airliner in the 80's

@TheGoblinToe

9 жыл бұрын

Though the Iranian shootdown was tragic, it was somewhat different; it was a mistaken transponder code, and a split second decision to fire surface to air missiles. KAL 007 was tracked for hours, and human fighter pilots made clear visual contact with the plane. That pilot, knowing that it was filled with innocent lives, coldly shot it down anyway.

@MaximKretsch

9 жыл бұрын

Jesse Bains You mean it is a justifying attitude NOT to have looked twice before pulling the trigger or to double-check via voice radio and then destroy the flying missile remote-controlled before impact? Or did the US Navy use only Third World missiles at that time?As far as the Soviet fighter pilot was concerned the only thing he saw at nighttime was a plane which SEEMED TO BE an airliner but could have been as well US air recon camouflaged as a third country civilian plane or flying in the radar shadow of a civilian plane. Unfortunately he knew that there were no foreign planes admitted at all in that sensitive area nor had the Korean captain reacted to the repeated Soviet demand to identify - just as you wrote "over hours". In the end the notorious East Asian "don't loose your face by admitting that you made a mistake" attitude led to this tragic outcome. And just as it was a matter of seconds for the crew on USS Vincennes to decide, it was a matter of seconds for the Soviet air defence to decide before the plane would have left the Soviet air space. (Whilst Iran Air 665 was shot down while being still in its own air space, to add that.)