thunder wrote in message ...
On Thu, 15 Jul 2004 12:26:40 -0700, Joe wrote:


Election day comes and the Gipper is elected.

Regans call to Ayatolla Komanie: Listen here you *^#$!% rag head, you cut
em lose today or Im going to send in the 1 calvery backed by a dozen B-52
and a couple 100 tomahawk missles. I guarrenty Im going to make sure we
kill you after we kill 100 of your followers for every hostage that even
has a scratch on a finger, do you understand you flea infested camel
jockey?

Next day the hostages were set free.

A couple of problems with your take, the hostages were not set free the
next day, the hostages were set free 15 minutes after Reagan was
inaugurated. Just when was this call supposed to be made?

Legend is....He made the call first thing after he left the podium
from the swearing in ceramony. It was the number 1 pressing issue in
the USA at the time.



Secondly, the
arms shipments began a few weeks later. Why would we reward a country
that had just held 52 hostages 444 days?


Well it goes back to the trader days on the silk route thru the middle
east. The are very skilled people in bartering and have a keen skill
in the art of negotiating. Ronald by heart was a Texan, but the sad
fact was he lived in California. Had he been a true Texas he would not
of bartered with dogs, no matter how big a palace they live in. Not
saying what he did was wrong looking at the big picture at the time.

Thats one of the reasons I like Bush as president. It's been a tough
hard road the last few years, and he's still stickin to his guns.

BTW I just heard 8 out of the 10 suicide murders on the planes in NY
on 9/11 passed thru Iran on the way to Canada. Coming out in the 911
commissions reports


Joe

Reagan knew how to make a deal IMO :0)

Yeah, right, Reagan (more likely Casey) knew how to make a deal alright,
but it wasn't the deal you're referring to.