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    1. Osita Nwanevu‏ @OsitaNwanevu 15 Feb 2019

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      We've never had this debate! The American people generally don't know about or remember this stuff! https://twitter.com/Heminator/status/1095765884910604289 …

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      Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 15 Feb 2019
      Replying to @OsitaNwanevu @andraydomise

      Actually, I'd argue we had that debate & the right lost. By 1986, Reagan's Central America policy was so unpopular his government had to sell arms to Iran to finance the contras. And Reagan had to talk nice to Gorbachev to please the public.

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        2. Jake Hamby  💾 ☮️ 🇺🇸‏ @jhamby 15 Feb 2019
          Replying to @HeerJeet @OsitaNwanevu @andraydomise

          Yes, but the right never admitted their defeat. Dick Cheney wrote the minority dissent for the Iran-Contra hearings, defending the “unitary executive” theory, which is how we got into the second Iraq War.https://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/09/opinion/09wilentz.html …

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        3. Gunton Blurpus‏ @CentipedeMouse 15 Feb 2019
          Replying to @jhamby @HeerJeet and

          I hate how at first I want to snark "ah yes the beloved Iraq War" but then I realize that it happened and they got away with it and it doesn't matter if all the smart people are vocally right all along. Nobody on the right ever digests Iran-Contra, and *they don't need to*.

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        1. First Wordle Problems‏ @matthewfdesmond 15 Feb 2019
          Replying to @HeerJeet @OsitaNwanevu @andraydomise

          Right? Everybody freaking knows the Latin American Cold War was a dirty mess that was a moral disaster for America. Who wants to have this fight NOW?

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        1. Neera Tanden 🌻‏Verified account @neeratanden 15 Feb 2019
          Replying to @HeerJeet @OsitaNwanevu @andraydomise

          Yes. This is true.

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        1. LG Phillips‏ @Phillippianss 15 Feb 2019
          Replying to @HeerJeet @OsitaNwanevu @andraydomise

          As always, you've the best take of the day.

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        1. fabucat‏ @fabucat 16 Feb 2019
          Replying to @HeerJeet @OsitaNwanevu @andraydomise

          No, the right won the debate. GHWB pardoned the Iran Contra criminals, including the venal Abrams. Then the whole mess was swept under the rug. Still steamed that WJC was impeached for a blow job while RWR got off!

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