Donald Trump’s unprovoked military action toward Venezuela over the weekend marked something of a departure for a president who has long positioned himself as an isolationist opposed to regime change (even if his actual track record doesn’t support the claim
Meredith, thank you so much for this much needed history lesson for the younger generation in the US. I'm sure they do not learn these things in school.
It is also a great reminder of the US's dirty politics for the rest of us throughout the last 100 years.
And let's not forget George H W Bush's and Ollie North's dirty Iran-Contra scandal in the 1980s.
One thing that should be mentioned with Iran, that the new rulers of it refused to talk to Jimmy Carter's team, but were fine freeing the hostages when Regan became president. It was one reason why Carter lost, sadly enough, and blame Iran for inflicting Ronnie Ray Gun, as it was said by the left in the 80s, on the US.
I think that was much more the fault of Reagan's election team than the Iranian mullahs. There is no telling what they were promised by the party with all the money.
Meredith, thank you so much for this much needed history lesson for the younger generation in the US. I'm sure they do not learn these things in school.
It is also a great reminder of the US's dirty politics for the rest of us throughout the last 100 years.
And let's not forget George H W Bush's and Ollie North's dirty Iran-Contra scandal in the 1980s.
One thing that should be mentioned with Iran, that the new rulers of it refused to talk to Jimmy Carter's team, but were fine freeing the hostages when Regan became president. It was one reason why Carter lost, sadly enough, and blame Iran for inflicting Ronnie Ray Gun, as it was said by the left in the 80s, on the US.
I think that was much more the fault of Reagan's election team than the Iranian mullahs. There is no telling what they were promised by the party with all the money.
Yes!
That's true. Probably a lot.
Stark but true—how the US has masked its cupidity and caused endless suffering.