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genxlib

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3. I agree 1000% that the severity of Iran Contra was never realized in the political sphere
Fri Mar 7, 2025, 07:20 PM
Mar 2025

I was never surprised that the true believers would look the other way to support the supposed communist fighters in south america

However, it was always shocking to me that the aspect of the scandal that had us shipping weapons to Iran was never an enormous scandal by itself. this was just a few years after they held hostages in the wake of an anti-american revolution. That was the part that just defied reality to me.

Not to mention than HWBush skated by saying he had no knowledge. The dude was the former director of the CIA. Don't tell me he wasn't wired to know everything.

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