JUSTICE:
Crime & Scandal | December 5, 1986
REAGAN
ADMINISTRATION
HYPOCRISIES
IN
THE
IRAN-CONTRA
AFFAIR
An
Unpublished Letter to
Los
Angeles Times & Time Magazine
Regardless of the "contra connection",
President Reagan has hung himself with his own words.
The Reagan Administration has branded all others
who have illegally sent arms to such nations as Iran "traitors" and has even urged capital punishment for such
offenders: Impeachment, conviction, and removal of President
Reagan from office for his illegally sending thousands of tons
of arms to Iran would be merciful in comparison.
After making the American presidency seem
hypocritical and contributing to an untold number of deaths,
Ronald Reagan has a lot of gall to talk about his bile!
This scandal should teach us that our President
must not be a king, aloof from constitutional checks and
balances, and that problems in the Middle East, Central America,
and the rest of our world cannot be solved by arms alone: Human
hearts and minds must come first, a principle held in contempt
by this President's morally and economically bankrupt foreign
and domestic policies.
The Reagan Revolution has lived by the sword
and...
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