gee fellas, you left out the part about Central America...
under Reagan, forces were trained and equipped by the US military and creatively financed with coke deals. who can forget Ollie North, who ran a bizarre series of operations out of the Reagan White House that involved the attempted subversion of the U.S. Constitution and total disregard for legality and the democratic process. as a direct result of Reagan's Central America policy, tens of thousands of civilians died, many at the hands of US backed death squads, which committed widespread massacres, political murders, and torture. it's an interesting coincidence that some of the guns that are pointed at American troops in the Middle East are from deals brokered by North, the profits from which went to finance the terror in Central America.
moral revisionism is fun, isn't it? happy birthday, Ronnie - you're a stand up guy, but you're no saint.
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