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To: not-alone
These stories confuse me because if true it should be big news. It IS the "October Surprise" that was made up against the Reagan campaign. Americans revile Iran, in fact the Iran Contra scandal found resonance because people did not support President Reagan extending an olive branch to Iran. If true, why isn't this being used to blast Kerry out of the water?
37 posted on 03/16/2004 10:23:01 AM PST by Williams
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To: Williams
Who is going to do this? Dan Rather, Wolf Blitzer? They have already crowned Kerry president. This story has been floating around for a few weeks, and other than FR, no one else touched it. Why? Because Kerry's audience was only supposed to be the Mullahs, not Joe-Six Pack in Iowa. Joe doesn't need to know anything.
41 posted on 03/16/2004 10:27:38 AM PST by Pan_Yans Wife (Much of your pain is self-chosen. --- Kahlil Gibran)
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To: Williams
Americans revile Iran, in fact the Iran Contra scandal found resonance because people did not support President Reagan extending an olive branch to Iran.

Actually, my impression always was that Americans did appreciate the effort to try and reach out to the moderates in Iran and didn't even mind the diversion of funds given the fact Ollie, Casey + Poindexter made sure everything was truly legal assured Reagan got a pass - it was that, ultimately, when you looked at the whole thing from above and in retrospect, it did appear as though there could be the impression of arms for hostages which violated Reagan's principles.

42 posted on 03/16/2004 10:28:19 AM PST by Steven W.
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