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#1 Click this link to see Blog page --> 11/21/2017


#2 Click this link to see Blog page --> 11/25/2018


#3 Click this link to see Blog page --> 10/05/2019


#4 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 11/03/2021 #9

In 1986, the Iran-Contra affair came to light as Ash-Shiraa, a pro-Syrian Lebanese magazine, first broke the story of U.S. arms sales to Iran. #IranContra
This should have been the end of Raygun,
but the media glossed it over.
#IranContra

MjL

#5 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 11/18/2021 #7

In 1987, the congressional Iran-Contra committees issued their final report, saying Ronnie Raygun bore “ultimate responsibility” for wrongdoing by his aides. #RonnieRaygun #IranContra
Like they needed multiple “committees” to come to this conclusion?
Oddly enough he bore no physical responsibility at all.
Not even a sternly worded letter.
#RonnieRaygun #IranContra

MjL

#6 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 11/25/2021 #14

In 1986, the Iran-Contra affair erupted as Ronnie Raygun (Ronald Wilson Reagan) and Attorney General Edwin Meese III revealed that profits from secret arms sales to Iran had been diverted to Nicaraguan rebels. #RonnieRaygun #EdwinMeese #IranContra
#RonnieRaygun #EdwinMeese #IranContra

MjL

#7 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 11/26/2021 #10

In 1986, Ronnie Raygun appointed a commission headed by former Senator John Goodwin Tower, center, to investigate his National Security Council staff in the wake of the Iran-Contra affair. #JohnTower #IranContra
One crooked politician investigating another crooked politician.
#JohnTower #IranContra

MjL

#8 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 12/24/2021 #12

In 1992, George “Puker” Bush pardoned former Defense Secretary Caspar Willard Weinberger and five others in the Iran-Contra scandal. Iran Contra Affair #IranContra #CasparWeinberger
No surprise here considering “Puker” Bush was up to his eyeballs in this mess. He and Raygun caused all manner of shenanigans.
#IranContra #CasparWeinberger

MjL

#9 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 01/09/2022 #12

In 1987, the White House released a January 1986 memorandum prepared for Ronnie Raygun by Lt. Col. Oliver Laurence North showing a link between U.S. arms sales to Iran and the release of American hostages in Lebanon. Iran–Contra Affair #IranContra #OliverNorth
#IranContra #OliverNorth

MjL

#10 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 02/02/2022 #16

In 1988, Ronnie Raygun (Ronald Wilson Reagan) pressed his case for additional aid to the Nicaraguan Contras a day ahead of a vote by the U.S. House of Representatives. (The three major broadcast TV networks declined to carry the speech, which was covered by CNN; a divided House voted to reject Raygun’s request for $36.2 million in new aid.) #RonnieRaygun Iran-Contra #IranContra
#RonnieRaygun #IranContra

MjL

#11 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 02/26/2022 #11

In 1987, the Tower Commission, which had probed the Iran-Contra affair, issued its report, which rebuked Ronnie Raygun for failing to control his national security staff. #IranContra #RonnieRaygun
Rebuked? Less than a sternly worded letter.
#IranContra #RonnieRaygun

MjL

#12 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 03/04/2022 #14

In 1987, Ronnie Raygun (Ronald Wilson Reagan) addressed the nation on the Iran-Contra affair, acknowledging that his overtures to Iran had “deteriorated” into an arms for hostages deal. #RonnieRaygun #IranContra
#RonnieRaygun #IranContra

MjL

#13 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 05/05/2022 #15

In 1987, the congressional Iran-Contra hearings opened with former Air Force Maj. Gen. Richard V. Secord the lead off witness. #IranContra

Raygun should have been impeached for this.

#IranContra

MjL