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To: RMF who wrote (448876)1/19/2009 11:48:57 PM
From: i-node  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 1575715
 

Oh, that's right.. Reagan didn't do anything to the Iranians.


I don't know of anyone who believes that Reagan would have tolerated that crap on his watch. If you do, you don't know much about Reagan.

Reagan made a huge mistake in Beirut that contributed to the escalation of terrorism against us. There is no doubt about that. But he absolutely would not have tolerated the Iranians doing what they did. No way in hell. But it wasn't on his watch and I doubt he felt it was crucial on his first day in office to start bombing Iran, particularly given the hostages were back.



To: RMF who wrote (448876)1/20/2009 2:17:07 PM
From: combjelly  Respond to of 1575715
 
"I think he gave them some weapons too."

Wanna bet he ignores this point? Just like he ignores the fact that China wound up with plans for our most advanced nuclear warhead under Reagan...



To: RMF who wrote (448876)1/20/2009 2:28:59 PM
From: i-node  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1575715
 
>>> I think he gave them some weapons too.

Actually, Reagan did not authorize providing any weapons, and the weapons were destined for moderates, not the Ayatollah.

There is a lot of confusion on this issue, just as you seem to have on the bin Laden/9-11 issue.