reply to post by RRconservative
I guess I do have a distorted view of history. Reagan clearly negotiated for the hostages after he took office. Obviously you aren't very familiar
with that event. There was a deal made for the hostages to be released in exchange for some F-4 fighter jets sent via Israel. Weird how after meetings
held in Paris with CIA and Republican insiders, the Iranians cut negotiations with Carter and began to demand military equipment. Carter refused to
make these kinds of deals with terrorists, but for some reason minutes after Reagan takes office the hostages are released and Iran has new F-4's in
their fleet. Probably just a distortion.
My view of the collapse of the Soviet Union is a little distorted, too. Reagan saying the bombing will start in 5 minutes didn't cause the collapse
of the Soviet Union, the Afghanistan war did. Yep those evil Islamofascists actually aided the US in the collapse of the Soviet Empire. And I'm sure
you are aware that President Carter signed into effect large amounts of aid to the Afghani's 6 months prior the the Soviet invasion. Carter's
National Security Advisor, Zbigniew Brzezinski, acknowledged this fact and said, “We didn't push the Russians to intervene, but we knowingly
increased the probability that they would.” If Carter would have just said, "The bombing will begin in 5 minutes" all could have been taken care
of then. Weird how you give Reagan credit for that, though, but it's probably just my distorted view of history.
Saying the Contra's weren't terrorists also show a lack of familiarity of that issue, too. The Contra's regularly attacked innocent civilians.
These attacks are well documented, and there is plenty of film footage showing these atrocities.
It's obvious, RR, you are just pro-Republican and anti-Democrat. Where has that gotten us? Where has the pro-Democrat anti-Republican stance gotten
us? By voting for either of these corrupt parties, we have put ourselves $9 trillion in debt. I will choose not to be a part of the problem. My vote
will not be for McCain or Obama. I choose to not waste my vote. If you don't see the corruption in the Republican party over the last 50 years, it's
because you don't want to see it. Same goes for the Democratic party as well.
