Moonglow
Diamond Member
Reagan also traded arms for hostages with Iran..He thought they would release hostages in Lebanon.....He admitted it on national television....Thus proving that he was a traitor to the laws of the nation..When the Embassy in Iran was taken Carter stood by American established policy of refusing to negotiate with terrorist or kidnapped hostages. He attempted a military solution and it failed with a tragic accident while the aircraft were refueling in the desert.
President Reagan began the modern age of terrorism when negotiating was allowed and terrorist got rewarded with profits for acts of terrorism. The Reagan era is full of terrorist attacks against American targets. Those attacks were not aggressively and effectively responded too. That caused the terrorist to increase their activities of targeting Americans. Eventually, Reagan's administration would finance and train members who later became founders of al Qaeda. Hence, there is a direct link from Reagan to 9/11, which led to Iraq and today's terrorism structures and entities.