Reagan: Killer, Coward, Con-man

[Dayton3]

Greg Palast

"In 1987, I found myself stuck in a crappy little town in Nicaragua named Chaguitillo. The people were kind enough, though hungry, except for one surly young man. His wife had just died of tuberculosis.

People don't die of TB if they get some antibiotics. But Ronald Reagan, big-hearted guy that he was, had put a lock-down embargo on medicine to Nicaragua because he didn't like the government that the people there had elected.

Ronnie grinned and cracked jokes while the young woman's lungs filled up and she stopped breathing. Reagan flashed that B-movie grin while they buried the mother of three."

The government of Nicaragua in 1978 was NOT ELECTED. They shot their way into power.

 

[Mushroom]

He was a nasty rractionary twat. He never met a dictator he didnt like.

And exactly which ones were those? And how was his relations different from that of Presidents before and after him?

 

[miketx]

Greg Palast

"In 1987, I found myself stuck in a crappy little town in Nicaragua named Chaguitillo. The people were kind enough, though hungry, except for one surly young man. His wife had just died of tuberculosis.

People don't die of TB if they get some antibiotics. But Ronald Reagan, big-hearted guy that he was, had put a lock-down embargo on medicine to Nicaragua because he didn't like the government that the people there had elected.

Ronnie grinned and cracked jokes while the young woman's lungs filled up and she stopped breathing. Reagan flashed that B-movie grin while they buried the mother of three."

Leftist lying traitor.

 

[Soupnazi630]

He was a nasty rractionary twat. He never met a dictator he didnt like.

Tell that to the Party Chairman of the USSR

Opps never mind

 

[LA RAM FAN]

Leftist lying traitor.

are you so dense you dont even know that Trump hated your hero Reagan Trump supporter, you cant like both trump and reagan,one or the other or else you are a FAKE trump supporter same as political chic ,the conman or the patriot trump. are you so dense you dont even understand that Reagan appointed fauchi to the white house?

thats slinging shit in defeat knowing you cant counter his facts.

 

[LA RAM FAN]

the criminal traiter exposed even more so

The Iran Contra affair, also referred to as Irangate, Contragate or the Iran--Contra scandal, was a political scandal in the United States that came to light in November 1986. During the Reagan administration, senior administration officials secretly facilitated the sale of arms to Iran, the subject of an arms embargo. Some U.S. officials also hoped that the arms sales would secure the release of several hostages and allow U.S. intelligence agencies to fund the Nicaraguan Contras. Under the Boland Amendment, further funding of the Contras by the government had been prohibited by Congress.
The scandal began as an operation to free the seven American hostages being held in Lebanon by a group with Iranian ties connected to the Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution. It was planned that Israel would ship weapons to Iran, and then the United States would resupply Israel and receive the Israeli payment. The Iranian recipients promised to do everything in their power to achieve the release of the U.S. hostages. The plan deteriorated into an arms-for-hostages scheme, in which members of the executive branch sold weapons to Iran in exchange for the release of the American hostages. Large modifications to the plan were devised by Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North of the National Security Council in late 1985, in which a portion of the proceeds from the weapon sales was diverted to fund anti-Sandinista and anti-communist rebels, or Contras, in Nicaragua
While President Ronald Reagan was a supporter of the Contra cause, the evidence is disputed as to whether he authorized the diversion of the money raised by the Iranian arms sales to the Contras.[3][4][8] Handwritten notes taken by Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger on December 7, 1985, indicate that Reagan was aware of potential hostage transfers with Iran, as well as the sale of Hawk and TOW missiles to "moderate elements" within that country. Weinberger wrote that Reagan said "he could answer to charges of illegality but couldn't answer to the charge that 'big strong President Reagan passed up a chance to free the hostages'". After the weapon sales were revealed in November 1986, Reagan appeared on national television and stated that the weapons transfers had indeed occurred, but that the United States did not trade arms for hostages. The investigation was impeded when large volumes of documents relating to the scandal were destroyed or withheld from investigators by Reagan administration officials. On March 4, 1987, Reagan returned to the airwaves in a nationally televised address, taking full responsibility for any actions that he was unaware of, and admitting that "what began as a strategic opening to Iran deteriorated, in its implementation, into trading arms for hostages".
Several investigations ensued, including those by the U.S. Congress and the three-person, Reagan-appointed Tower Commission. Neither found any evidence that President Reagan himself knew of the extent of the multiple programs.[3][4][8] Ultimately the sale of weapons to Iran was not deemed a criminal offense but charges were brought against five individuals for their support of the Contras. Those charges, however, were later dropped because the administration refused to declassify certain documents. The indicted conspirators faced various lesser charges instead. In the end, fourteen administration officials were indicted, including then-Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger. Eleven convictions resulted, some of which were vacated on appeal. The rest of those indicted or convicted were all pardoned in the final days of the presidency of George H. W. Bush, who had been vice-president at the time of the affair.

 

[miketx]

are you so dense you dont even know that Trump hated your hero Reagan Trump supporter, you cant like both trump and reagan,one or the other or else you are a FAKE trump supporter same as political chic ,the conman or the patriot trump. are you so dense you dont even understand that Reagan appointed fauchi to the white house?

thats slinging shit in defeat knowing you cant counter his facts.

I can like whomever I want, dickhead. You scum don't have facts, you have what's fed to you in your daily media enema.

 

[miketx]

He was a nasty rractionary twat. He never met a dictator he didnt like.

You're a dictaster in your own right.

 

[miketx]

the criminal traiter exposed even more so

The Iran Contra affair, also referred to as Irangate, Contragate or the Iran--Contra scandal, was a political scandal in the United States that came to light in November 1986. During the Reagan administration, senior administration officials secretly facilitated the sale of arms to Iran, the subject of an arms embargo. Some U.S. officials also hoped that the arms sales would secure the release of several hostages and allow U.S. intelligence agencies to fund the Nicaraguan Contras. Under the Boland Amendment, further funding of the Contras by the government had been prohibited by Congress.
The scandal began as an operation to free the seven American hostages being held in Lebanon by a group with Iranian ties connected to the Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution. It was planned that Israel would ship weapons to Iran, and then the United States would resupply Israel and receive the Israeli payment. The Iranian recipients promised to do everything in their power to achieve the release of the U.S. hostages. The plan deteriorated into an arms-for-hostages scheme, in which members of the executive branch sold weapons to Iran in exchange for the release of the American hostages. Large modifications to the plan were devised by Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North of the National Security Council in late 1985, in which a portion of the proceeds from the weapon sales was diverted to fund anti-Sandinista and anti-communist rebels, or Contras, in Nicaragua
While President Ronald Reagan was a supporter of the Contra cause, the evidence is disputed as to whether he authorized the diversion of the money raised by the Iranian arms sales to the Contras.[3][4][8] Handwritten notes taken by Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger on December 7, 1985, indicate that Reagan was aware of potential hostage transfers with Iran, as well as the sale of Hawk and TOW missiles to "moderate elements" within that country. Weinberger wrote that Reagan said "he could answer to charges of illegality but couldn't answer to the charge that 'big strong President Reagan passed up a chance to free the hostages'". After the weapon sales were revealed in November 1986, Reagan appeared on national television and stated that the weapons transfers had indeed occurred, but that the United States did not trade arms for hostages. The investigation was impeded when large volumes of documents relating to the scandal were destroyed or withheld from investigators by Reagan administration officials. On March 4, 1987, Reagan returned to the airwaves in a nationally televised address, taking full responsibility for any actions that he was unaware of, and admitting that "what began as a strategic opening to Iran deteriorated, in its implementation, into trading arms for hostages".
Several investigations ensued, including those by the U.S. Congress and the three-person, Reagan-appointed Tower Commission. Neither found any evidence that President Reagan himself knew of the extent of the multiple programs.[3][4][8] Ultimately the sale of weapons to Iran was not deemed a criminal offense but charges were brought against five individuals for their support of the Contras. Those charges, however, were later dropped because the administration refused to declassify certain documents. The indicted conspirators faced various lesser charges instead. In the end, fourteen administration officials were indicted, including then-Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger. Eleven convictions resulted, some of which were vacated on appeal. The rest of those indicted or convicted were all pardoned in the final days of the presidency of George H. W. Bush, who had been vice-president at the time of the affair.

Excellent cut and paste.

 

[Dayton3]

are you so dense you dont even know that Trump hated your hero Reagan Trump supporter, you cant like both trump and reagan,one or the other or else you are a FAKE trump supporter same as political chic ?

Prove it.

 

[miketx]

are you so dense you dont even know that Trump hated your hero Reagan Trump supporter, you cant like both trump and reagan,one or the other or else you are a FAKE trump supporter same as political chic ,the conman or the patriot trump. are you so dense you dont even understand that Reagan appointed fauchi to the white house?

thats slinging shit in defeat knowing you cant counter his facts.

You ain't got no facts. You're a liar.

 

[LA RAM FAN]

congrats to this poster of USMB for being awake to the corruption of Reagan and the true facts of him.

Buying up small businesses and crushing them together into giant conglomerates, shedding "excess employees" and employing "economies of scale" were the main way to make money, instead of serving customers and local communities.

A Personal Apology to Young Americans for Failing to Stop Ronald Reagan

"When Reagan was elected there wasn't a single billionaire in America; now they're appearing like popcorn, while all around us homelessness spreads like a relentless fungus, destroying the lives of millions of Americans—particularly millennials."

www.commondreams.org

 

[LA RAM FAN]

I can like whomever I want, dickhead. You scum don't have facts, you have what's fed to you in your daily media enema.

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you full of shit dumbass.i have HUNDREDS of them throughout this thread,not my fault on everyone of them you do this- when challenged to refute them fake ass trump supporter.
you just proved you are indeed a stupid fuck denying REALITY warmonger Reagan appointed FAUCHI the mass murderer of the vaccines you critisize,the man that made Hitler and stalin look like choir boys,the man who got pissed at Trump for saying hydroxychroquine needs to be distributed worldwide,this was the man REAGAN apopinted you stupid ass homo,

prove me wrong Reagan did not appoint him asshole,you CANT.

one more fake ass trump supporter dumbass to add ignore. one who cant debate facts when challenged to and has to INSULT when cornered up against the wall on facts of mass murderer reagan with nowhere to run.

sure am grateful for small favors you are not my lawyer with your excelllent debating skills you have addressing evidence and refting the evidence presented to you.you sure showed me.

where di you get those amazing excellent debating skills of refuting evidence? Harvard? Yale?
No wonder i see people in posts laugh at you so often in the flame zone. i always wondered why,NOW i know.

 

[LA RAM FAN]

You ain't got no facts. You're a liar.

i see you are looking in the mirror,wow you sure showed me,ypu sure put me in my place there.you proved me a liar so well just then in that short sentence debunking all the THOUSANDS of posts on the corruption of reagan in this thread.

you sure never went to debating school the fact you dont know the number one rule which is address the evidence your opponent presents and not be a coward and run off from it instead as you did.

 

[LA RAM FAN]

Excellent cut and paste.

all taken from these two excellent documentarys that you will do this -on when challeneged to watch it and debunk it.

 

[miketx]

all taken from these two excellent documentarys that you will do this -on when challeneged to watch it and debunk it.

Lying traitor said what?

 

[miketx]

i see you are looking in the mirror,wow you sure showed me,ypu sure put me in my place there.you proved me a liar so well just then in that short sentence debunking all the THOUSANDS of posts on the corruption of reagan in this thread.

you sure never went to debating school the fact you dont know the number one rule which is address the evidence your opponent presents and not be a coward and run off from it instead as you did.

Leftist babble never changes...always the same stupid.

 

[LA RAM FAN]

I can like whomever I want, dickhead. You scum don't have facts, you have what's fed to you in your daily media enema.

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[LA RAM FAN]

Lying traitor said what?

you sure showed me,you sure debunked all that evidence in a second in those very long documentary videos.again WHERE did you get your debating skills? harvard? yale?

wehn you can you be my lawyer to demonstarte how you refute evidence?

 

[miketx]

you sure showed me,you sure debunked all that evidence in a second in those very long documentary videos.again WHERE did you get your debating skills? harvard? yale?

What debate? There can be no debate with you lying scum.