Reagan did NOT understand terrorists

Submitted by Howard Veit (United States), Jun 15, 2004 at 12:07

Iran-Contra, where Reagan sold arms to Iran for the release of hostages held by pro-Iran terrorists in Lebanon so he could "influence Iranian Moderates" shows how out to lunch they were too. Does anyone doubt that the "Iranian Moderates" were the ones who leaked the story to the Lebanon press?

Reagan and everybody else mis-read everything.

---

Note: Opinions expressed in comments are those of the authors alone and not necessarily those of Daniel Pipes. Original writing only, please. Comments are screened and in some cases edited before posting. Reasoned disagreement is welcome but not comments that are scurrilous, off-topic, commercial, disparaging religions, or otherwise inappropriate. For complete regulations, see the "Guidelines for Reader Comments".