 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Hondo yevagari vomunyika imwe chete yakanga yaputika muRebhanoni muna 1975, uye Israeri neSiriya dzakatora matanho ehondo muRebhanoni muna 1982. Pashure pokunge Israeri yapinda muSouth Lebanon, Reagan akatarisana nedzvinyiriro dzomunyika uye dzenyika yose kuti arambe kupindirwa kweIsrael, asi Reagan akanga asingadi kuputsa pachena Israeri. Reagan akanzwira tsitsi chido cheIsrael chokukunda mauto ePLO akanga arwisa Israeri achibva kuRebhanoni, asi akamanikidza Israeri kuti igumise kupinda kwayo sezvo kuurayiwa kwaiwedzera uye mauto eIsrael akasvika kuguta guru reRebhanoni reBeirut. Mumiriri weAmerica Philip Habib akaronga kugumisa hondo umo Israeri, Siria, uye PLO, vose vakabvumirana kubvisa mauto avo muRebhanoni. Sezvo Israeri yakanonoka kubvisa hondo zvachose uye mhirizhonga ichiramba iri muRebhanoni, Reagan akaronga kuti uto renyika dzakawanda, raisanganisira mauto eU.S. Marines, rishande senhengo dzokuchengetedza rugare muRebhanoni. Muna October 1983, kuputika kwebhomba kuviri kwakaitika panguva imwe chetemuBeirut vakauraya varwi veAmerica 241 uye varwi veFrance 58. Simba renyika dzakawanda rokuchengetedza rugare rakabviswa muLebanon muna 1984. Mukupindura rutivi urwo Israeri neUnited States zvakatamba muHondo yaVanhu yeLebanon, boka revarwi reShia rinozivikanwa seHezbollah rakatanga kutora nhapwa dzeAmerica, richibata vagari veAmerica vasere pakati pa 1985. Kuedza kwehurumende yaReagan kusunungura nhapwa idzi kwaizova chinhu chikuru cheIran-Contra Scandal. Mukupindura kupindira kweU.S. muRebhanoni, Dhipatimendi reDziviriro rakagadzira Dzidziso yaPowell, iyo yakataura kuti US inofanira kupindira muchiuto senzira yekupedzisira uye inofanira kuisa zvinangwa zvakajeka uye zvishoma mukupindira kwakadaro. Kunyange zvazvo rakatumidzwa kuti dzidziso yaPowell, mutemo wacho wakatanga kugadzirwa negurukota rezvekudzivirirwa kwenyika Weinberger, uyo akanga asina kungopesvedzerwa neRebhanoni chete asiwo nezvakaitika kuHondo yeVietnam. 