No, I am not saying that. I am saying the US State Department has never designated the Soviet Union as a state that sponsors terrorism. Nor has it listed many other countries that have done the same.
Like it or not, historically the US has limited the number of states it puts on the state sponsor of terrorism list because the ramifications of being on the list are severe and codified in law.
If you go to the US State Department website you can see what it means to be on this list. Iran is one of four on the list, and Obama is cutting a deal to give economic relief to Iran.
That is what I am saying.
You said: I am saying the US State Department has never designated the Soviet Union as a state that sponsors terrorism.
My comment: Big friggin deal. Whatever report the State Department did or didn’t issue, The Soviets were terror sponsors — that’s a fact, Jack — but Reagan still negotiated with them. Was Reagan a “Neville Chamberlain”?