This is the kind of misrepresentation and distortion that creates low information voters. A person with just a little intellect and curiosity would see this for what it is. It is a distortion created by the use of editing to create a distortion to take a comment out of context. It works. Guys like the poster have posted it on message boards endlessly. Hence, the lie repeated over and over is believed.
You prove the point of what a low information person is. You see conspiracy while educated people recognize diplomacy, intelligence, understanding and rational analysis needed for resolving a complicated global crisis. Bush started the fire. All that can be done in the aftermath is try to contain it.
And remember Frank. It was during your favorite President's decade of power that Iran became the power it is today. He had plenty of reason to crush Iran, but instead be did business deals with the terroist as he provided weapons to them while he supplied WMD's to Iraq.
Err, the Shah built up Iran quite nicely way before that.
During Reagan's decade, Iran was so weak that Iraq invaded despite being much smaller.
iraq invaded iran before reagan was even elected. "reagan's decade" my ass.
Ya, but it was the anti tank weapons and missiles that enabled Iran to stall the Iraq's, even when the Iraqi's were able to acquire WMD's in the form of chemical weapon ingredients and expertise from US companies. Of course this was going on while he was supporting the Islamic freedom fighters/terrorist in Afghanistan. Reagan helped give birth to modern day terrorism and the terrorist groups we deal with today.