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He's not. People are still buying into 40 year-old propaganda against him.
by softcactus 4y ago
He's not. People are still buying into 40 year-old propaganda against him.
- ceejayoz 4y agoIt remains baffling to me that Reagan gets credit for the end of the hostage crisis; the deal to free them was made by Carter's administration. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algiers_Accords https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algiers_Accords
- jacobolus 4y agoFurthermore, Ronald Reagan’s campaign probably conspired against the United States to delay the resolution of the crisis until after Reagan took office. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_Surprise_conspiracy_theory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_Surprise_conspiracy_th... Not that dissimilar to 1968 when the Richard Nixon campaign conspired against the United States to prolong the war in Vietnam. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/nixon-prolonged-vietnam-war-for-political-gainand-johnson-knew-about-it-newly-unclassified-tapes-suggest-3595441/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/nixon-prolonged-vi...