Now that Nixon's treason is being discussed, can we talk about Reagan's?

[greenman3610]

Christian Science Monitor has a piece by former Iranian president Abolhassan Bani-Sadr explaining new details of the "October Surprise". So far this has been met with only silence.

http://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/Global-Viewpoint/2013/0305/Argo-helps-Iran-s-dictatorship-harms-democracy

I was deposed in June 1981 as a result of a coup against me. After arriving in France, I told a BBC reporter that I had left Iran to expose the symbiotic relationship between Khomeinism and Reaganism.

Ayatollah Khomeini and Ronald Reagan had organized a clandestine negotiation, later known as the “October Surprise,” which prevented the attempts by myself and then-US President Jimmy Carter to free the hostages before the 1980 US presidential election took place. The fact that they were not released tipped the results of the election in favor of Reagan.

Two of my advisors, Hussein Navab Safavi and Sadr-al-Hefazi, were executed by Khomeini’s regime because they had become aware of this secret relationship between Khomeini, his son Ahmad, the Islamic Republican Party, and the Reagan administration.

[RobertEarl]

1. We need to dig Reagan up and ask him

Of course he'd just say: "I don't recall" just like he did when he was alive.

People who talked about this subject were called conspiracy theorists.
Well, shheeet, look who was right all along!!

[starroute]

6. We could just ask George H.W. Bush instead

Reagan didn't think up the October Surprise himself, after all. He had other people to do that sort of thing for him.

[RobertEarl]

12. Good point

Where is that sob? Round his ass up and ask him about this 'news'. I'm sure he'd love to be back in the spotlight again.

Really, for you youngsters out there, this is a B F D. We suffered through this stuff and got called all kinds of names, and we were right all along. We knew it.

[madokie]

15. Poppie is the one who should be held accountable for this, in my opinion that is

ronnie was playing a part. A grade B actor and a grade F president

[lexw]

10. or, "I haven't been briefed on that yet."

[tularetom]

2. If a president commits treason and nobody cares, did he really commit treason?

I remember screaming about this in 1980 after Reagan was first elected. It was widely and openly discussed yet nobody seemed to think there was anything unseemly about it.

Hell, we can't even get the Obama justice department to do anything about the war crimes committed by the last administration. No way they're going to go after Ronnie after this many years. Or Nixon either for that matter.

[brush]

3. Incendiary!

If historical significance measured how much weigh is given to a story by the media, this would bring down the house, if we still had and independent and not corporate-owed media. St. Ronnie and his operatives not only committed treason (this much was not so secret) but played a part in actions that resulted in the execution of two Iranians. WOW! And no one talks about it. Journalist at one time would give up a first-born for a story like this.

[WillyT]

4. HUGE K & R !!!

[spanone]

5. the hostages were released ON THE DAY OF REAGAN's INAUGURATION

it stunk then, it stinks now....

[Samantha]

8. I read some time ago the plane with the hostage was sitting on the runway ready to take off

but waited until the Oath of Office had been administered to Reagan. Now I remember who I heard say this: it was Jimmy Carter in an interview aired on cable several years ago.

Sam

[malaise]

17. I hope the entire truth is known before Carter departs

They sabotaged and demonized him big time.

[freshwest]

7. A lot of people knew about the October Surprise pulled by Reagan. I want his name off everything.

[DallasNE]

9. Nixon, Reagan, Bush Jr

Only Ford and Bush Sr. are missing from this and Bush Sr. has Iran-Contra hanging over his head while VP.

Four of the last 5 Republican Presidents have serious clouds hanging over their heads. So why do Americans keep electing them? Obviously, Nixon and Bush Jr. are two of the worst Presidents ever and why not because they both have a lot of blood on their hands.

[olddots]

11. we live in a country in denial

We're entertained into a stupor mention this to most people and they'll go duh or wave a Chinese made American flag at you and pray to their god Ronny .

[Egalitarian Thug]

13. Bingo! +1 for you & K&R for the thread. n/t

[Wilms]

14. ^

[malaise]

16. How about the treason by the current House of Representatives

and senior ReTHUG senators.