
#18 - CONTRA II: Smuggler's Blues
Subliminal Jihad
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What's the Biggest Thing About the Executive Order?
Poindexter and his deputy, lieutenant colonel oliver north, secretly diverted to the nicaraguan contras millions of dollars in funds received from a secret deal that some alleged had explicit presidential approval. This came as democrats won back control of the senate in the 19 86 elections. The final report published after the hearings blamed regan's passive style of leadership for allowing the conduct of foreign policy without involvement of any elected official.
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