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Impeach him in a second. as for reagan, well, they named an airport after him.

Talked about russia being on the ash sheep of history. but you also negotiate. you do both. >> reagan, reagan, reagan. the invoking of reagan by conservatives has almost reached the site of parody. argued that president obama should follow reagan's lead in dealing with iran, we began to enter the world of surreal. she cited the way he spoke with soviets. but if we're talking about iran, there is one you should not be invoking when it comes to iran. that's ronald reagan. take a trip back to the start of the 1980s with a scandal during the reagan administration. the iran contra scandal. which fe...

Providing them with training and assistance. the contras became known for brutal tactics including summary executions of soldiers. congress took issue with reagan backing the contras and passed a series of amendments to stop the reagan administration from funding them. got them? reagan could not fund the contras anymore. it was illegal to fund them. meanwhile in iran the country had been taken over by religious hardliners was being led by ayatollah komeni. iran became a staunch enemy of the u.s. after dozens of americans were held hostage in the u.s. embassy in tehran starting in 1979. that ev...

The deal with israel as the intermediary. in exchange iranian officials would try to intervene to release another group of american hostages in lebanon. all of this was exposed by a lebanese paper in 1986 after more than 1500 missiles had been shipped to iran. i'll say that again. the united states secretly dealt the regime that had just taken over the u.s. embassy, 1500 missiles. reagan at first denied the deal. in an infamous 1987 address the nation, the president admitted that's exactly what happened. he got it wrong the first time. as bad as that was, that wasn't the end of the story. reme...

Contra's efforts. referring to them to the moral equivalent of the founding fathers. the contras became known for brutal tactics including executions of other soldiers. congress took issue with reagan backing the contras and passed a series of amendments to stop from funding them. it was illegal to fund them. meanwhile in iran the country had been taken over by religious hardliners was being led by ayatollah komeni. dozens were held hostage in tehran starting in 1979. that event is what destroyed diplomatic relations between our countries and that extends to this day. yet iran in 1985 turned t...