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[–] [email protected] 29 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Why is media and news so important? It controls the recording of history.

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[–] [email protected] 53 points 3 months ago

especially given iran contra drugs for guns. The whole thing is unbelievable and the historic thing has been. shrug.

[–] [email protected] 41 points 3 months ago (3 children)

I bet you the exact same is happening with Nethanyanhu and Trump.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 months ago

I think you mean Putin and Trump. Netanyahu isnt at war, they're committing genocide.

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

They keep doing it. And then they do other shady shit like schedule the pulling of troops out of ~~Syria~~ Afghanistan for next year because it won't be their problem by then. 🤷‍♂️

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Luckily, your Democrat party is like "it is beneath us us to even notice such filth".

It's not very effective though.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

yeah the real lesson is its the democrats. keep them out of office and things will be great.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I don't see how that would help anyone either.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

lmfao I had a feeling something was off when I wrote that and didn't give it a second thought. But yes, thank you!

[–] [email protected] 148 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 32 points 3 months ago (1 children)

My first thought also, and I strongly recommend Ken Burns' Vietnam War doco to those who haven't seen it - that's where I first learned of Nixon's unforgivable treason (about this particular topic... not to mention his other treasons).

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[–] [email protected] 140 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (4 children)

Democrats let it happen and let it slide after the fact. The GOP is criminal. The Democrats are just lazy and weak.

Unger reserved his most intense criticism for the Washington Post, which owned Newsweek at the time and, he says, had an outsize role in quietly killing the story. He’s also equally critical of Congressional Democrats, who he claims never pursued the dramatic charges as earnestly as they should have.

“Democrats were lap dogs,” Unger said

From here:https://www.press.org/newsroom/media-covered-1980-iran-hostage-deal-october-surprise-author-tells-club

[–] [email protected] 47 points 3 months ago

Damn, nothing has changed

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 months ago (2 children)

A sacrifice to the elite, for the greater good of wealth concentration, the gods of greed demanded it.

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[–] [email protected] 134 points 3 months ago (4 children)

Then they committed treason again with Iran Contra

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago

Deplorables doing deplorable things.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 months ago

Ollie North! Ollie North! He's a soldier! And a hero! And a novelist! And now he's on Fox Neeeeeews!

[–] [email protected] 45 points 3 months ago

I'm not young and there isn't a time in my life when the GOP wasn't somehow treasonous

[–] [email protected] 73 points 3 months ago

GOP: Oops, all treason

[–] [email protected] 70 points 3 months ago (2 children)

"This was genuine treason by the GOP."

Nah...just a typical Wednesday for them.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 months ago

I mean - not really. It was pretty bold at the time.

Now, yes. Because nothing was ever done about it and no accountability etc.

[–] [email protected] 49 points 3 months ago

Two things can be true

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