Winehole23
03-23-2023, 12:21 PM
John Connolly went with him. They met with William Colby, then Reagan's campaign chairman, upon their return.
I guess a lot of y'all weren't alive at the time. Sometimes conspiracy theories turn out to be true.
Iran probably got a much better deal than Carter would have given them, 3000 TOW missiles. In return, the US received covert funding needed to support death squads, er, freedom fighters, in Nicaragua.
What happened next Mr. Barnes has largely kept secret for nearly 43 years. Mr. Connally, he said, took him to one Middle Eastern capital after another that summer, meeting with a host of regional leaders to deliver a blunt message to be passed to Iran: Don’t release the hostages before the election. Mr. Reagan will win and give you a better deal.https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/18/us/politics/jimmy-carter-october-surprise-iran-hostages.html
I guess a lot of y'all weren't alive at the time. Sometimes conspiracy theories turn out to be true.
Iran probably got a much better deal than Carter would have given them, 3000 TOW missiles. In return, the US received covert funding needed to support death squads, er, freedom fighters, in Nicaragua.
What happened next Mr. Barnes has largely kept secret for nearly 43 years. Mr. Connally, he said, took him to one Middle Eastern capital after another that summer, meeting with a host of regional leaders to deliver a blunt message to be passed to Iran: Don’t release the hostages before the election. Mr. Reagan will win and give you a better deal.https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/18/us/politics/jimmy-carter-october-surprise-iran-hostages.html