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McCain: Bush ?Exactly Right? On ?Appeasement? Remark, Praises Reagan?s Handling Of Iran Hostage Crisis

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McCain?s praise of Ronald Reagan is wholly misplaced. To recap, during the Iran-Contra affair in the 1980s, hostages were not released because of Iran?s fear of Reagan, as McCain suggested. In reality, Iran released them after Reagan administration officials infamously sold arms to the country, which were transfered to Ayatollah Khomeini. As a result, 11 Reagan officials were convicted of crimes.

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