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F*O*A*D

On 4/13/14, 4:18 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 4/13/2014 3:50 PM, wrote:
On Sun, 13 Apr 2014 15:22:43 -0400, F*O*A*D wrote:

On 4/13/14, 2:54 PM, wrote:
On Sun, 13 Apr 2014 11:39:32 -0400, F*O*A*D wrote:

The Iran-Contra affair was the Reagan Administration's. Period.

I agree it was all Reagan's doing. I am also not sure how terrible it
actually was. We gave Iran weapons to wage war against Saddam Hussein
... but I assume you liked Saddam.
You saw no value in us tossing him out..
Clearly Israel thought Saddam was a bigger threat to them than the
Ayatollah was, since they brokered the weapons deal with Iran and made
money on it.. That is also why we eventually went after Saddam so
Israel wouldn't do it.
That was the scandal that never came to light.

Oh, right. Sure.

Again, what part was wrong?

Part of the history revisionists (like Harry) have is they like to
relate to an event that happened 30 years or so ago under a completely
different set of circumstances and global issues to something that is
going on today. Simplistic, but that's how Wishy-Washy, Never-Never
Land liberals think.

I'm not revising anything. Reagan and his gang broke a serious law, sold
weapons to the Iranians, and used the proceeds to bolster murderous
right-wing extremists in Nicaragua. Reagan, George H.W. Bush, et al,
lied to Congress and the American people about this, and, of course,
that traitor Oliver North was implicated up to his eyeballs.

That's not "revisionism," that's what happened.