Watch the videos Plain Ol'. That should clear up any doubt in your mind and keep you from posting snippets from a Soros Funded web site.
On Tue, Sep 6, 2016 at 2:11 PM, plainolamerican <[email protected]> wrote: > there was no cover-up....There was no deceit.....Much ado, about nothing. > --- > opinion noted. > > The *Iran–Contra affair* (Persian > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persian_language>: ماجراي ایران-کنترا, > Spanish <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_language>: *caso > Irán-Contra*), also referred to as *Irangate*,[1] > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93Contra_affair#cite_note-1> > *Contragate*[2] > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93Contra_affair#cite_note-2> or > the *Iran–Contra scandal*, was a political scandal > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_scandal> in the United States > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States> that occurred during the > second term of the Reagan Administration > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reagan_Administration>. Senior > administration officials secretly facilitated the sale of arms to Iran > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran>, which was the subject of an arms > embargo <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arms_embargo>.[3] > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93Contra_affair#cite_note-3> > They hoped thereby to secure the release of several U.S. hostages > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebanon_hostage_crisis> and to fund the > Contras <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contras> in Nicaragua > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicaragua>. Under the Boland Amendment > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boland_Amendment>, further funding of the > Contras by the government had been prohibited by Congress. > > While President Ronald Reagan > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Reagan> was a supporter of the > Contra cause > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_and_state-sponsored_terrorism#The_Contras> > ,[6] > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93Contra_affair#cite_note-6> > the evidence is disputed as to whether he authorized the diversion of the > money raised by the Iranian arms sales to the Contras.[4] > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93Contra_affair#cite_note-tce-4> > [5] > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93Contra_affair#cite_note-reagan_no-bbc-5> > [7] > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93Contra_affair#cite_note-report_sum-7> > Handwritten notes taken by Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caspar_Weinberger> on December 7, 1985, > indicate that Reagan was aware of potential hostage transfers with Iran, as > well as the sale of Hawk <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIM-23_Hawk> and > TOW <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BGM-71_TOW> missiles to "moderate > elements" within that country.[8] > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93Contra_affair#cite_note-gwu.edu-8> > 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'".[8] > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93Contra_affair#cite_note-gwu.edu-8> > After the weapon sales were revealed in November 1986, Reagan appeared on > national television and stated that the weapons transfers had indeed > occurred. > > On Tuesday, September 6, 2016 at 12:32:17 PM UTC-5, KeithInTampa wrote: >> >> I believe verbatim what the President said, and clearly the evidence >> produced, (e.g.; the depositions and testimony from petty much everyone) >> demonstrated that there was no cover-up....There was no deceit.....Much >> ado, about nothing. >> >> Thanks for sharing this Plain Ol'! I hope you took the time to read >> President Reagan's testimony! >> >> Here's a portion of the actual testimony, which I've watched recently in >> it's entirety: >> >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4_jTDUhT0A >> >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbV2p95f8YA >> >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZsLWP9mRdQ >> >> >> >> On Tue, Sep 6, 2016 at 12:57 PM, plainolamerican <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1990-02-23/news/ >>> 9001160085_1_john-poindexter-recall-reagan-testimony >>> >>> On Tuesday, September 6, 2016 at 9:35:12 AM UTC-5, Travis wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> http://arkansasgopwing.blogspot.com/2016/09/brain-freeze.html >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>> -- >>> Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. >>> For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum >>> >>> * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ >>> * It's active and moderated. 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