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35. I think it was more the George H W Bush CIA that decided to make Carter pay.

Reply to JDPriestly (Reply #32)

Mon Nov 24, 2014, 10:22 AM

Nov 2014

It was a clear act of treason that we later called Iran-Contra. The hostage issue could have been resolved but for Republican interference.

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