Basic facts: The nuns in question were murdered in December 1980, before Reagan too office. Also Reagan won the key Contra funding vote in ‘86 with support of centrist Dems.https://twitter.com/HeerJeet/status/1096537230221475840 …
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I should’ve added that Archbishop Romero was assassinated in March 1980. Many serious flaws in Reagan’s El Salvador policy, but the death squads’ rampage began on Carter’s watch. Yet after the Nicaragua fiasco, Carter wouldn’t risk a Communist take over in El Salvador.
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Also Basic Fact: the Reagan administration felt that the Boland Amendment hamstrung their Central America policy, which is why they resorted to the Iran/Contra shenanigans.
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