Au contraire, mon frere…
Someone who was there finally stepped forward to confirm long-held suspicions.
It’s more like it was a continuation of their original deal to release the hostages; HSR said he was going to continue the arms embargo against Iran that Carter started.
He was, of course, lying.
I am well aware of those attempts to circumvent the Boland Amendment, and watched the hearings that followed. Ollie North should’ve ended his days in Leavenworth…
Sure, there were hostages being held in Lebanon; that was the official explanation to justify the arms shipments and was entirely separate from the earlier swap.
Americans were still unhappy with Iran at the time and this added to the scandal.
