This is a very manipulative talking point that is supposed to somehow make the argument that America hasn’t been at war with Iran for 47 years, when of course it has, because Iran has killed over 990 American soldiers. Iran has also financially backed many terrorist groups within the Middle East that have worked hard to destabilize the region. They have taken hostages and attacked our bases. But perhaps the most interesting part of this very flawed argument, where anybody who knows how to read a history book can fill in the missing context, is that the one state actor that is always missing from his analysis is Russia.
Another part of Iran-contra was the invasion by Russia into Afghanistan. By doing that, Russia put their own troops on Iran’s border, signaling to Reagan that potentially Russia was going to get involved in Iran now. In fact, America was afraid of Russian influence in Tehran after Khomeini.
The other part he leaves out are the American hostages in Lebanon. Sure, the arms deal was a bad idea, but it wasn’t done to make Iran strong and perpetuate the never-ending Neocon war cycle, which is the retarded talking point of people who hate American strength and want to see us retreat on the global stage. There were a lot of considerations geopolitically during Iran contra.
But again, notice which state actor is always missing from his analysis.
In July, I was writing articles on Substack about the deep and extensive ties by Jeffrey Epstein with Russia and the FSB. There is no mention in any of the various theories that he puts forward of the ties between Epstein and Russia. Lavrov, Churkin, FSB linked Sergei Belyakov, Oleg Deripaska (yes that same one from Russia collusion). Maria Drokova, the former activist in a Kremlin-backed youth movement who discussed ways to rehabilitate Epstein’s public image. Ironically, at the exact same time that Steve Bannon was working with Epstein to rehabilitate his image, oh, and discuss 25th Amendment challenge to Trump’s first presidency. Or the millions and millions of dollars that were transferred into the Epstein linked banks from Russia.
Funny how that works, right?