I want to agree with your implication that US conservatism was better in the past, but then I remember that in 1988, under Reagan, after the United States shot

I want to agree with your implication that US conservatism was better in the past, but then I remember that in 1988, under Reagan, after the United States shot down a passenger jet killing all 290 people on board, the United States never apologized or accepted wrongdoing. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran_Air_Flight_655 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran_Air_Flight_655