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Later,
Geo
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Later,
Geo
this happened before, where the USA armed the bad guys, like back in the 1980's
In 1985, while Iran and Iraq were at war, Iran made a secret request to buy weapons from the United States. McFarlane sought Reagan's approval, in spite of the embargo against selling arms to Iran. McFarlane explained that the sale of arms would not only improve U.S. relations with Iran, but might in turn lead to improved relations with Lebanon, increasing U.S. influence in the troubled Middle East. Reagan was driven by a different obsession. He had become frustrated at his inability to secure the release of the seven American hostages being held by Iranian terrorists in Lebanon. As president, Reagan felt that "he had the duty to bring those Americans home," and he convinced himself that he was not negotiating with terrorists. While shipping arms to Iran violated the embargo, dealing with terrorists violated Reagan's campaign promise never to do so. Reagan had always been admired for his honesty.
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Reagan during the Iran-Contra Affair
The arms-for-hostages proposal divided the administration. Longtime policy adversaries Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger and Secretary of State George Shultz opposed the deal, but Reagan, McFarlane and CIA director William Casey supported it. With the backing of the president, the plan progressed. By the time the sales were discovered, more than 1,500 missiles had been shipped to Iran. Three hostages had been released, only to be replaced with three more, in what Secretary of State George Shultz called "a hostage bazaar."
When the Lebanese newspaper "Al-Shiraa" printed an exposé on the clandestine activities in November 1986, Reagan went on television and vehemently denied that any such operation had occurred. He retracted the statement a week later, insisting that the sale of weapons had not been an arms-for-hostages deal.
So we trust that Egyptian nut job with F-16's and tanks, but we need 23 new executive orders limiting the weapons law abiding citizens can have backed by the constitution. Makes perfect sense. :rolleyes:
Yep, and if he behave's, we'll send him the enignes for the planes and the tanks.
Have no fear guys, the Israeli's got out F16's too, and they know what they are doing with them.
[QUOTE=Mean Morone;507441]So we trust that Egyptian nut job with F-16's and tanks, but we need 23 new executive orders limiting the weapons law abiding citizens can have backed by the constitution. Makes perfect sense. :rolleyes:[/QUOTE]
Do you need a CCDW for an F-16? Maybe the Egyptian nut job won't pass the oral exams.
So what you are trying to say is, the 23 executive orders are intended to take the engine out of the constitution?
Makes me sick to my stomach to read.
Nothing new here. The jets and tanks are manufactured with the purpose to sell at a profitable rate. The guberment takes our money to buy the hardware then gives the hardware to whoever they please.
Don't you wish we could vote on crap like this?