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#IranAttacks
#Iran
#alliswell
PSA- if you already know this good but if you don't...
You've probably heard Trump supporters (and fox news) saying over and over again that Obama gave Iran billions of dollars... 1
#IranAttacks
#Iran
#alliswell
PSA- if you already know this good but if you don't...
You've probably heard Trump supporters (and fox news) saying over and over again that Obama gave Iran billions of dollars... 1
In fact, Republican senators and Trump himself are saying that the missiles fires at our troops last night were paid for with "American tax payer money that was giving to them by Obama."
This is utterly false. Here is what happened.
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This is utterly false. Here is what happened.
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Back in the 80's Iran was under sanctions and it was illegal to sell them weapons. Reagan (Republican) was president. In S. America there was a militia group called The Contras. The Contras were trying to overthrow a socialist government that Republicans did not like.
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Contras funded their operations through trafficking cocaine. Reagan wanted to help them but Congress made it illegal to give them aid.
The Reagan admin came up w/ a plan to secretly sell Iran weapons. They use the proceeds from this sales to give aid to the Contras (illegal).
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The Reagan admin came up w/ a plan to secretly sell Iran weapons. They use the proceeds from this sales to give aid to the Contras (illegal).
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A whistleblower told Congress what was going on.
The main character was a man named Oliver North who ran the operation in secret. He was indicted and convicted of 16 felonies.
In short the money O gave back to Iran was the money they gave us for weapons we never sent bc...
The main character was a man named Oliver North who ran the operation in secret. He was indicted and convicted of 16 felonies.
In short the money O gave back to Iran was the money they gave us for weapons we never sent bc...
the scheme got shut down.
Summary, Republican golden boy Reagan sold illegally sold weapons to Iran and I turn gave it to a drug trafficking ring (Contras). The Contras (with the help of the CIA) flooded black commuties with a new form of smokable cocaine (crack).
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Summary, Republican golden boy Reagan sold illegally sold weapons to Iran and I turn gave it to a drug trafficking ring (Contras). The Contras (with the help of the CIA) flooded black commuties with a new form of smokable cocaine (crack).
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This inturn led to Reagan's BS "war on drugs" that resulted in the greatest mass incarceration of black and brown ppl in history and still has lasting impacts to this day.
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If anyone help Iran it was a republican president who illegally sold them weapons.
P.S.- Oliver North got an extremely light sentence of probation and community service. He latest accomplishment was being president of the national rifle association.
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P.S.- Oliver North got an extremely light sentence of probation and community service. He latest accomplishment was being president of the national rifle association.
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