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(5,027 posts) Thu Jul 16, 2015, 01:26 PM Jul 2015

If the GOP tries to sink the Iran deal, it won’t be the first time

Ronald Reagan – or at least his campaign – committed treason to become president, and normalizing relations with Iran may expose the whole thing.

As news of a US-Iranian nuclear deal spread like wildfire this week, the mainstream media began to ask its usual set of questions. Is the deal for real? Can we trust the Iranians? And the Republicans in Congress are going totally nuts.

Republican attempts to sabotage a Democratic president’s deal with Iran are nothing new, however. Just ask Jimmy Carter.

In the early fall of 1980, Carter thought he had reached a deal with newly elected Iranian President Abdolhassan Bani-Sadr over the release of the 52 hostages held by radical students at the American Embassy in Tehran. President Bani-Sadr was a moderate, and as he explained in an editorial in the Christian Science Monitor published on March 5, 2013, he had successfully run for president of Iran on the popular position of releasing the hostages:

“I openly opposed the hostage-taking throughout the election campaign…. I won the election with over 76 percent of the vote…. Other candidates also were openly against hostage-taking, and overall, 96 percent of votes in that election were given to candidates who were against it [hostage-taking].”

President Carter was confident that with Bani-Sadr’s help, he could end the embarrassing hostage crisis that had been a thorn in his political side ever since it began in November 1979. But Carter underestimated the lengths his opponent in the 1980 presidential election, California Gov. Ronald Reagan, would go to win the presidency.

Read more: http://www.salon.com/2015/07/16/if_the_gop_tries_to_sink_the_iran_deal_it_wont_be_the_first_time/

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If the GOP tries to sink the Iran deal, it won’t be the first time (Original Post) Galraedia Jul 2015 OP

I remember this happening. Releasing the hostages and then the Iran-Contra deal, Reagan left the Thinkingabout Jul 2015 #1

Nixon committed treason as well CanonRay Jul 2015 #2

I give a shit! imthevicar Jul 2015 #4

Whaddya mean ………….IF? russ1943 Jul 2015 #3

Thinkingabout

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1. I remember this happening. Releasing the hostages and then the Iran-Contra deal, Reagan left the

Reply to Galraedia (Original post)

Thu Jul 16, 2015, 01:35 PM

Jul 2015

hostages longer than they needed to stay because of making the deal to release them so Reagan could take the credit. That is low, think Bush sr had a lot to do with this.