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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (26901)1/5/2003 9:10:02 PM
From: Rock_nj  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 74559
 
You have to keep in mind that hindsight is 20/20. The Iranians didn't like Jimmy Carter and thought Reagan would give them a better deal with weapons.

I actually saw Iran's ex-president Abolhassan Bani-Sadr on CNN about ten years ago stating flatly that there was a deal between his government and the Reagan campaign to keep the American hostages in captivity. Many other prominent Iranians and even some people connected to the Reagan administration have come forward and stated that there was a deal.

For more information about the October Surprise, see:

consortiumnews.com
consortiumnews.com



To: Maurice Winn who wrote (26901)1/6/2003 3:36:14 AM
From: energyplay  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 74559
 
Reminds me that there's a number of Soviet documents which have come out showing that they viewed Carter as "unstabe" and that they strongly prefered Reagan to be elected since although he was more anti-Soviet he was much more predictable....


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