One of The USA's Best Presidents!

[SavedByGrace]

 

[SGO]

You probably don't think much of him but he saved your bangers from getting mashed.

 

[SavedByGrace]

You probably don't think much of him but he saved your bangers from getting mashed.

Brilliant war leader, but not good as the prime minister

 

[SGO]

At least your parents made it through to produce you here to talk about it.
God put him in the situation where he could be the best.

"Much is being written about Ronald Reagan’s successes in economics, politics and foreign affairs. Just as important was how he responded to his failures. In fact, Reagan’s response to his greatest failure—the Iran-Contra disaster—offers important lessons for how policy is made today."

Reagan’s Biggest Failure Holds a Lesson for Bush

Great president to lift the country's a self image but giving HW some of the reins while he napped was why Iran-Contra happened.

 

[SavedByGrace]

At least your parents made it through to produce you here to talk about it.
God put him in the situation where he could be the best.

"Much is being written about Ronald Reagan’s successes in economics, politics and foreign affairs. Just as important was how he responded to his failures. In fact, Reagan’s response to his greatest failure—the Iran-Contra disaster—offers important lessons for how policy is made today."

Reagan’s Biggest Failure Holds a Lesson for Bush

Great president to lift the country's a self image but giving HW some of the reins while he napped was why Iran-Contra happened.

Indeed. All leaders have weakness

 

[canadyjd]

At least your parents made it through to produce you here to talk about it.
God put him in the situation where he could be the best.

"Much is being written about Ronald Reagan’s successes in economics, politics and foreign affairs. Just as important was how he responded to his failures. In fact, Reagan’s response to his greatest failure—the Iran-Contra disaster—offers important lessons for how policy is made today."

Reagan’s Biggest Failure Holds a Lesson for Bush

Great president to lift the country's a self image but giving HW some of the reins while he napped was why Iran-Contra happened.

Reagan wanted to oppose the communists getting a foothold in South America. The democrats, who never saw a communist despot they didn’t admire and embrace, added a measure to a law that prevented direct US aide to help fight the communists.

The Iran-Contra deal was an attempt to bypass that part of the law.

peace to you

 

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... Great president to lift the country's a self image but giving HW some of the reins while he napped was why Iran-Contra happened.

Regan was a good president, but a much bigger failure was his granting amnesty to millions of illegals without closing the gaps.

 

[Salty]

Regan was a good president, but a much bigger failure was his granting amnesty to millions of illegals without closing the gaps.

That was supposed to be a one-time thing - but........

 

[RighteousnessTemperance&]

That was supposed to be a one-time thing - but........

It was. But without plugging the gaps, it just invited a flood of more illegals, and allowed many more to come legally by being remotely related to the illegals gaining amnesty. It was a huge failure.

 

[SGO]

Reagan wanted to oppose the communists getting a foothold in South America. The democrats, who never saw a communist despot they didn’t admire and embrace, added a measure to a law that prevented direct US aide to help fight the communists.

The Iran-Contra deal was an attempt to bypass that part of the law.

peace to you

Which involved drug sales to finance operations. American ingenuity for a "good" cause.

Washington, D.C. – An August, 1996, series in the San Jose Mercury News by reporter Gary Webb linked the origins of crack cocaine in California to the contras, a guerrilla force backed by the Reagan administration that attacked Nicaragua's Sandinista government during the 1980s. Webb's series, "The Dark Alliance," has been the subject of intense media debate, and has focused attention on a foreign policy drug scandal that leaves many questions unanswered.

This electronic briefing book is compiled from declassified documents obtained by the National Security Archive, including the notebooks kept by NSC aide and Iran-contra figure Oliver North, electronic mail messages written by high-ranking Reagan administration officials, memos detailing the contra war effort, and FBI and DEA reports. The documents demonstrate official knowledge of drug operations, and collaboration with and protection of known drug traffickers. Court and hearing transcripts are also included.

The Contras, Cocaine, and U.S. Covert Operations

Peas and carrots to you