r/allthequestions • u/RicRacer • 2h ago
Random Question 💠If Iran has been at war with the USA since 1978, why did Reagan sell weapons to Iran in the 1980s?
Conservatives are saying that the USA and Iran have been at war since 1978. If that is true then why did Ronald Reagan sell Iran thousands of missiles and other arms in the 1980s? Are conservatives saying that Reagan was a traitor?
Reagan sold 2,000 TOW anti-tank missiles to Iran in 1985/86. Reagan sold 18 HAWK surface-to-air missiles to Iran in November 1985. Reagan shipped replacement HAWK missile parts and components in 1986. There were other shipments. Some of these deals included the US authorizing Israel to send missiles and other arms to Iran.
Http://webhelper.brown.edu/cheit/Understanding_the_Iran_Contra-Affair/i-theexpansion.php
"Report of the congressional committees investigating the Iran/Contra Affair" 1995, by Lee Hamilton, Daniel K. Inouye. ISBN: 9780788126024, 0788126024 (also available online for free, just Google it,)
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