[Trumpisourlastchance]

Reagan sent weapons to Iran. I don’t think Trump should do that.

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Reagan had the Navy sink an Iranian frigate, a gunboat, and assorted small craft when they got out of line and threatened safe passage of merchant ships.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Praying_Mantis

[Paal Gulli]

"Reagan sent weapons to Iran. I don’t think Trump should do that."

He also sent weapons to Iraq. They were at war with each other and the unofficial policy was to give them wahtever they needed to degrade each other's warfighting capabilities.

Plus, they were Hawk AAA missiles and TOW antitank missiles selected from lots that had high defect rates and were rejected as unsuitable for US use. In return for the trade, the US orchestrated a peaceful regime change in Nicaragua, replacing communist dictator Daniel Ortega with democratically-elected Violeta Chamorro.

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"Reagan had the Navy sink an Iranian frigate, a gunboat, and assorted small craft when they got out of line and threatened safe passage of merchant ships.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Praying_Mantis"

There were several such operations under the rubric of Operation Earnest Will.