And you had this issue where the Reagan administration decided to sell weapons to Iran, which was supposedly an enemy country at that time, fighting Iraq, and use the proceeds from that money to fund the Contras, in violation of a congressional ban. . ..…
Consider a conversation between long-time Middle East reporter Reese Erlich and former U.S. ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Charles Freeman, Jr. on the people currently directing the Trump administration’s policy toward Iran. Commenting on National Security Advisor John Bolton’s defense of the..…
But Teheran would weather the blow and Americans would be in yet another war, this time with far more formidable foe than Pushtin tribes Afghanistan or jihadists Iraq.. Erlich, Peabody Award and the author of five books, has written timely analysis of U.S vis-à-vis Iran and why, we, are..…
During Reagan presidency, man for the administration's funneling of dollars and weapons to Saddam Hussein's Iraq.. At the time, Bush helped with the scandalous with Iraq's Iran — where U.S illegally sold weapons and used the profits to support the contra guerrillas fighting to..…
Even as Donald Trump presided over tremendous military success against ISIS, Iraq remains a diplomatic and military challenge for the United States. ... His successors, none of whom served in the military and all of whom have wrestled with post-Cold War challenges, have been vexed not only by..…
However critics remember his actions during First Gulf War Iraq, and his in Iran Contra affair among other things... ..…
United States War Plans Against Iraq[i] . 9. Sometime after the termination of the Iraq-Iran War in the summer of 1988, the Pentagon proceeded to revise its outstanding war plans for U.S. military intervention into the Persian Gulf region in order to destroy Iraq. ... This..…
Despite the vote, the US went ahead with the transfer on May 14, triggering demonstrations in Palestinian territories, Iran, Turkey, Egypt, Jordan, Tunisia, Algeria, Iraq, Morocco and other Muslim countries.. ..…
Bush's legacy Willie Horton, Clarence Thomas, War on Drugs, Iraq, his service, and Iran Contra, handling of Cold War, climate policies & NRA comments also ca not be ignored. ..…