Ronald Reagan; The Middle East, Iran and the War Powers Act

[attemptingtobehumble]

Ronald Reagan was a corporatist piece of shit.

[Marksnotebook]

This President was our finest in the 20th century. No doubt. Notice how he is well into his 70's here and still handles the press very well. He speaks with authority but is polite to the press and above all he communicates very clearly and he's calm and comfortable in his own skin. And He does not have a teleprompter like Obama uses constantly!

[damic]

This made created the taliban.

[unicorn187]

Helen Thomas was the man back in the day. She has consistently fought against terrorism her whole life. Where it is against America or Israel. She is a rock.

[Marksnotebook]

@unicorn187 Helen Thomas is a Palestinian and should have retired 10 years before this clip. She's radical and hates Israel as she stated in her last clip before being booted. She constantly badgered all past GOP presidents also. But Reagan told her a few things here. I loved President Reagan as he was a God send to us in the early 80s. Interest rates were 20 percent, the economy was in the tank. The Soviet Threat was looming over the horizon. After Reagan all those things were no more.

[AtlasShruggery]

We did not repeat did not trade arms for hostages"

Said Ronald Reagan after he was caught trading missiles for hostages to the Iranian ayatollahs.

[puewang]

nature bless u mr president.

[segregator236]

Why are they worrying about Silkworm family of missiles when Iran now has the advanced Yingji series of missile?

[nema1218]

Interesting video,when I just ten months old.Reagan's decision to back Iraq seemed right from an American perspective,but now is was counterproductive.I'm glad the Iraq-Iran war is long over.Terrible war.Thanks for posting this video!

[phoenixbornagain]

Folks Navywxman & blujesus are part of a saudi/liberal boiler room operation trying to attack the Reagan known facts. Its up to us to combat them on every board

[bicycle111]

Great President, hated big government.

[MDJarv]

Yet he almost tripled the size of government.

[jbranstetter04]

He slowed the rate of growth of government, and increased the revenue. He also slowed the poverty growth rate. Things can be spun by both sides so much that the people will never know the truth unless they quit their jobs and spend all the hours of their day studying facts and figures.

[Navywxman]

jbran - wrong on all counts. I for one dont care about how things are spun, I care about reality and the truth. Interesting concept huh.

[jbranstetter04]

You make no sense as usual, so hit the road jack, and don't cam back no mo no mo no mo.

[Navywxman]

jbran - Oh I dont make sense, gee that clears everything up (rolling eyes).

Oh yeah, I'll go where I please when I want, though on the slide down for a long time its still a free country.

[DRisLegend200919]

@jbranstetter04 because he raises taxes several times after cutting them first

[segregator236]

SILKWORM? Buddy, those are the OLDEST Chinese cruise missile EVER BUILT! Those aren't things one should worry about!

They should worry about the super-advanced C-802 used by Iran instead! And even the C-802 isn't China's most advanced cruise missile!

[Navywxman]

It is seriously twisted thinking as is being an apologist for it. And there was no 'we' because 'we' meaning the nation would never have gone for using overt gestapo tactics.

Your talking out of both sides of your mouth, in your earliest comments you just try smearing me for mentioning these things and now its all nonchalant like eh stuff happens, nazi tactics get used.

Your a sad little fella aren't you

[jbranstetter04]

I'm not sad at all, I'm a Conservative.

I have not been talking out of both sides of my mouth; my comments have been consistent. In my first comment I basically just insulted you, but you came back. In my second comment I stated that we do what we have to do to keep our country safe, and you still came back. In my third comment I explain how we do what we think is best at the time to protect our country; that is very consistent.

Get over it, I win, you lose.

[Navywxman]

What did you win besides showing yourself to be two faced and an apologist for evil. Not only not consistent, simply pathetic.

[TheMightyDamo]

Wow are you that sad? Did you by invading Iraq A NEUTRAL COUNTRY we gave AL Queda more recruits and new staging ground, America exc3eptionalism is fucking stupod, just because your american doesn't your superior or have any more right then any other country to defend its self...

[Navywxman]

Here is Reagan with Iran...Well we call you a terrorist state even though it was the US that overthrew your country with violence and terror. How about we sell you weapons illegally so we can fund a terrorist army to slaughter men, women, and children in Nicaragua.

All you who are gay for Reagan need to grow a brain. The man and those who made up his admin. were vile, evil, traitorous pieces of crap. Burn in hell Ronny!!

[jbranstetter04]

What a typical commie Socialist comment. You should consider joining the Democrat Party, a commie Socialist like you would be happy there.

[Navywxman]

jbran - I guess your one of those gay for Ronny huh?

Interesting idea you presented, except I'm not a commie/socialist/democrat nor are those things the same so I seriously doubt I would be very happy there.

Sorry if the irrefutable facts I mentioned strike a nerve. Sometimes the truth is painful. Best to deal with it and move forward.

[jbranstetter04]

We do what we have to do for our national security; we come first. If we have to overthrow an enemy government and install a puppet regime to make our country a safer place, then that is what we have to do.

Life is hard and not fair, sometimes people get hurt, that is just the way it is.

[Navywxman]

Overthrowing Iran and installing the shah and having the SAVAAK torture and kill people, or running the contras in Nicaragua to deliberately murder civilians was not for national security, it was just evil to control and dominate weaker countries.

I guess you prefer lawlessness or anarchy over the rule of law and basic morality? By your reasoning if other countries would be safer they should overthrow the US and install a puppet regime.

This kind of twisted thinking leads nowhere good

[jbranstetter04]

It's not twisted thinking, we did what we thought was best at the time. Nobody is perfect, and no nation is perfect.

Obama will now do what he thinks is right in order to protect America. Maybe he will do what is right and end up getting our country destroyed, or maybe he will do what is wrong and end up saving our country, we will not know until it is too late.

[michaelchainsaw]

wow you are a stupid fuck.

[nema1218]

I agree with you 100% Navywxman.

[Navywxman]

nema - Thnx dude, I'm just trying to help people by pointing out the real and relevent facts about Reagan and counter the BS that has been spun about him and his policies which went into high gear since he died. Many right-wingers are trying to construct this whole mythological construct around him which isn't the real Reagan legacy in the slightest.

btw to phoenix, what the hell is a saudi/liberal boiler room? Especially since the sauds are close buddies with the right-wing...weird.

[michaelchainsaw]

Ron Paul is a real Conservative. All you Neo-Cons and Liberals Need to stop sucking dick.