Iran Contra

One of the darkest moments of the Reagan Administration is known as the Iran-Contra affair. The US traded arms to Iran for money to be used to fund the Contras in Nicaragua who were fighting the Sandinistas who were backed by the communist. Now it appears we are facing something similar in Libya. The latest story is that the US was funneling weapons from Libya to Syria by way of Turkey. In Reagan’s case it was illegal because congress had passed something called the Boland Act that prohibited such activity. In this case The President said the US would provide humanitarian aid but not weapons so the most he can be guilty of is lying since this was going on when he made those claims. If we ever find out what happen at Benghazi he may be exonerated but perhaps we may never know. Stay tuned!