• RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world
    1551·
    3 months ago

    So like the alleged deal between the Reagan campaign and Iran during the hostage crisis to get elected and oust Carter?

    • BakerBagel
      961·
      3 months ago

      Or Kissinger and North Vietnam to get Nixon elected. It’s a time honored Republican strategy.

      • TurnpikeRangers@lemmy.world
        59·
        3 months ago

        Oh no, you’re thinking of Iran-Contra, the other treasonous act that Reagan committed involving Iran. OP is talking about the rumored deal Reagan made with Iran wherein Iran would not release the American hostages until after the 1980 election. Coincidentally, the hostages were released on January 20th, 1981, the day Reagan was sworn in.

        Sidenote, has anyone seen the Netflix documentary about the octopus murders? I think the proof that Reagan made that deal is at the heart of that conspiracy.

        Edit: I’ve just come across this in another thread. It seems the hostage deal between Reagan and Iran did, in fact, happen. https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a43368900/reagan-iran-hostages/

        • ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works
          24·
          3 months ago

          Aw shucks. You know just when you think you hone in on one depraved scandal of Reagan, you realize you’re mixing it up with another depraved scandal of Reagan.

        • phoneymouse@lemmy.world
          9·
          3 months ago

          I highly recommend watching American Conspiracy on Netflix. The way the CIA and government actually operates is pretty disturbing, but the subject of the documentary is how the justice department stole a software program from a private company and resold it to foreign governments so that it could raise funds to repay Earl Brian, who had provided $40 million to Iran to hold the hostages until after the election.