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Senator John Tower 22 dig
>>20328879 NOTHING TO SEE HERE…MOVE ALONG.TOWER 22was what was attacked in Jordon and where our US Mil were KIA'ed
>>20328881 "USA is saying it was their Jordan outpost Tower 22 that was hit, while Amman and Iraqi Resistance said it was in Syria. Why is there a contradiction here?"
>>20328903 On This Day (April 5, 1991):Sen. John Tower, 22others killed in plane crash
>>20328945 RUSSIA is point at TOWER 22in a pretty big way and RUSSIA is a friend to anons
>>20328984, >>20328996 CALL TO DIG. -tower 22 -Senator John Tower -IRAN IRAN IRAN -Iran Contra
>>20329019, >>20329057 MOAR HERE ANONS - DIG
>>20329045, >>20329063, >>20329071, >>20329077 a Zero delta on 01/28/2020. And I think Potus dropped several Witch Hunt Truths on the 28th
>>20329122, >>20329144 There's also this from 1/28/2020. Patriots Don't Sleep. "killing three American service members who were asleep"
>>20329164, >>20329186, >>20329195 tlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 2311
>>20329010, >>20329050 John Tower was probably the target and other people collateral damage. What else did he know or discover. Tower Commission
>>20329088 Also killed in the crash was NASA astronaut Sonny Carter
>>20329120, >>20329136, >>20329227 The mission carried Department of Defense payloads and other secondary payloads
>>20329235 So many coincincidences
>>20329271, >>20329286, >>20329343, >>20329343 Bush on Tower and Astronaut
>>20329372 Theory on How Bush Sr Murdered John Tower
>>20329517 23's are wild. Tower tied to…
>>20329538, >>20328903 What about the Twin Towers? 2 Planes 2 Tower yet 3 fell. Israel Jihadis 2 Towers
>20 hours since 45 last posted on TS.
>Where he b at?
>Think he's lurking?
waiting for the Question
kek
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[Profile picture from source site (Twitter/Gettr/Truth Social)] Donald J. Trump / @realDonaldTrump 01/30/2024 11:11:50
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The Big Nevada Caucus is next week! reviewjournal.com/news/politic
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[Profile picture from source site (Twitter/Gettr/Truth Social)] Donald J. Trump / @realDonaldTrump 01/30/2024 11:11:12
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>Senator John Tower 22 dig
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> https://www.brown.edu/Research/Understanding_the_Iran_Contra_Affair/index.php
Understanding the Iran-Contra Affair
Overview
Introduction
The common ingredients of the Iran and Contra policies were secrecy, deception, and disdain for the law…the United States simultaneously pursued two contradictory foreign policies a public one and a secret one (Report of the Congressional Committees Investigating the Iran-Contra Affair).
The Iran-Contra Affair of 1984-1987 was not one affair but two separate covert foreign policy issues concerning two different problems, in two separate countries, that were dealt in two very different ways. Under the management of the same few officials, both the Iran and the Contra policies intersected at certain points giving rise to the singular title, Iran-Contra Affair. The first covert foreign policy initiative was the continued support for the democratic rebel Contras against the communist Sandinistas in Nicaragua in a time when Congress had cut off funds to the Contras. The second covert foreign policy initiative was the selling of arms to Iran in exchange for the release of American hostages held by Iranian allies in Lebanon. The two policies intersected when profits from the arms sales to Iran were used to support the Nicaraguan Contras through third parties and private funds.
This overview of the Iran-Contra Affair is organized into the following sections:
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Institutional History: NSC and CIA
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The Nicaraguan Story
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The Iran Story
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Unraveling the Story
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Investigating the Iran-Contra Affair
Institutional History: NSC and CIA
The National Security Council (NSC) and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) developed in such a way that structurally allowed them to work around Congress and have the Executive Branch and third party actors implement and frame the foreign policy of the entire Unites States. To understand how, one must look historically at the evolution of these two groups. The beginning starts with the National Security Act of July 26, 1947. Truman signed this piece of legislation that gave birth simultaneously to both the National Security Council and the Central Intelligence Agency.
The NSC was not originally founded to facilitate presidential decision making, but it evolved with each administration until it became structured and powerful enough to perform covert operations. During Eisenhower's administration in the mid 1950's the NSC became a virtual adjunct of the presidency.[1] The NSC staff was now under a special assistant to the President and not the NSC directly, turning the Presidency into a bureaucracy itself. The Kennedy administration's changes to the NSC were driven by the Bay of Pigs incident that left Kennedy skeptical of the traditional departments and led him to prefer a more direct and personal style of executing policies. It was under Kennedy that the distinction between planning and operation was altered.[2] Whereas the NSC was previously a planning entity, Kennedy made it also function operationally. This allowed the executive branch to avoid going through the State Department. This marked a trend of inflating the Office of the President and its replication of the rest of the government. The Office of the President grew in ways that sometimes supported, sometimes competed with, and other times ignored other governmental agencies and offices. This trend continued with the Reagan administration. The NSC became further professionalized with a staff of about forty-five under the National Security Advisor Robert McFarlane and more than 200 people in support.[3] It became further structured in reflection of the State Department under Robert McFarlane's successor, John Poindexter when it was organized into twelve directorates i.e. the African office, European Office, etc. The person most hurt, and most undermined by this trend was the Secretary of State, George Shultz during the Reagan administration, because now the president was performing similar duties, with similar staff support from his own office. The NSC was now large and varied enough to carry out the president's wishes covertly- even from the rest of the government.[4] Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North, deputy director of political-military affairs for the National Security Council staff was deeply involved in both the Iran and Contra affairs.
>Understanding the Iran-Contra Affair
Like the NSC, the CIA evolved with the different Presidential administrations. Under Eisenhower, the 1955 NSC directive outlined the spectrum of the CIA's covert operations in an effort to turn the CIA into a virtual Cold War machine against Communism- to create and exploit troublesome problems for international Communism reduce international Communist control over any areas of the world and develop underground resistance and facilitate covert and guerilla operations.[5] Eisenhower did qualify that the covert operations had to be consistent with U.S. foreign and military policies. The War Powers Resolution, which was created as a check on presidential power by Congress did not include a check of covert wars and paramilitary activities that the CIA was authorized to conduct. The CIA director during the Reagan administration was William Casey.
The Nicaraguan Story
Somoza Dynasty
The U.S. has long intervened in Nicaraguan affairs, aiming to keep its political developments amicable with and aligned to American interests. As early as 1912 the U.S. has utilized military force to quell rebellions against American approved leaders or to help overthrow unwanted regimes. Therefore, when U.S. trained head of the Nicaraguan National Guard, Somoza Garcia, forcefully took power in 1936, the U.S. made no move to protect the current administration under Augusto Cesar Sandino. Sandino's murder marked the beginning of the Somoza dynastic rule which lasted for the next 43 years. In 1961, the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN), named in honor of Sandino, was created in opposition to the Somoza dynasty. Ideologically, the Sandinistas saw themselves as a Marxist-Leninist organization with aims of turning Nicaragua into a socialist state. Inspired by and closely connected to Cuba, the Sandinistas worked to create and consolidate their power in the context of a cold war era where socialist revolutions and uprisings were gaining in worldwide popularity.
In 1967, Anastasio Somoza Debayle, son of Somoza Garcia, became president. He became notorious in Nicaragua for suppressing opposition and focusing on self-enrichment while in power. For example, in 1972, when an earthquake struck Managua, the capital of Nicaragua, Somoza exercised emergency powers to address the earthquake which in actuality resulted in him and his close friends confiscating the majority of international aid sent to help rebuild Nicaragua. This event consolidated the Nicaraguan's disapproval of Anastasio Somoza Debayle, especially among the Sandinistas.
In 1974, the Sandinistas kidnapped several Nicaraguan elites at a Christmas Party. Somoza responded to the affair by declaring a state of siege which spiraled into a series of serious human rights violations and guerilla attacks on peasants. In response, the United States, hyper-sensitive to the threat of communism and in conjunction with a contemporaneous trend of protecting human rights victims, began to pay attention to Nicaraguan affairs for the first time since the Somoza dynasty commenced in 1936. President Jimmy Carter's foreign policy was shaped not only by a consciousness of human rights, but also by a fatigue of foreign intervention due to the Vietnam War. President Carter cut off all aid to the Nicaraguan government until it improved its human rights violations. Somoza responded by lifting the state of siege. This was met by the Sandinistas re-initiating and expanding their attacks which were now supported by business elites including Alfonso Robelo, and academics, including Adolfo Calero.
Sandinistas in Power: U.S.-Nicaraguan relations still diplomatic
On July 19, 1979, the Sandinista uprising culminated in their gaining full power in Nicaragua. The Sandinistas first move as new political leaders was to declare a state of emergency and expropriate land and businesses owned by the old dynastic family and friends, nationalize banks, mines, and transit systems, abolish old courts, denounce churches, and nullify the constitution, laws, and elections. A socialist state was born in Nicaragua. President Carter immediately sent $99 million in aid to the FSLN in an attempt to keep the new regime pro-U.S.. Simultaneously, however, Cuban officials were advising the FSLN on foreign and domestic policy and the FSLN sought an alliance with the Soviet bloc which they reached by March 1980 signing economic, cultural, technological, and scientific agreements with the USSR. Deliveries of Soviet weapons from Cuba began almost immediately after the signing of these agreements.
It was mid-1980 when Jose Cardenal and Enrique Bermudez founded what would become the Nicaraguan Democratic Force, or FDN, the main contra group (the Contras). The Contras found support among the populations disaffected by Sandinista policies i.e. protestant evangelicals, farmers, Nicaraguan Indians, Creoles, and other disgruntled and disenfranchised parties. The Argentinean government was the first to support the Contras. They directly oversaw the Contras, trained the military forces, and chose the Contra leadership whereas the U.S. took on the role of supplying money and arms. Many worried that the Contras were a continuation of the Somoza regime because of their use of brutal tactics against noncombatants and their alleged human rights abuses.
Once it became clear to Washington that the FSLN would not moderate its policies, President Carter authorized the CIA to support resistance forces in Nicaragua including propaganda efforts, but not including armed action. The Sandinistas supported expanding socialism abroad, including sending weapons to leftist rebels in El Salvador beginning in 1980 and continuing for the next ten years. Some argue that this international support from Nicaragua was also in effort to insure that the Soviets would fully support and protect Nicaragua in case of a U.S. attack or intervention. Sandinista support for the Salvadoran rebels had a profound impact on U.S.-Nicaragua relations throughout the 80's.
Reagan Administration: Intervention and Propoganda
January 20, 1981, Ronald Reagan was inaugurated during a rightward shift in U.S. politics. He quickly cut off all aid to FSLN indefinitely due to the Sandinista's continued support of Salvadoran rebels. In response, the Sandinistas consolidated power and expanded arrests of perceived dissidents under the belief that the U.S. would invade. On December 1, 1981, Reagan signed an order that allowed the CIA to support the Contras with arms, equipment, and money. This order was implemented in conjunction with an overall strengthening of U.S. presence in Central America and the belief that covert activities are the most effective way to put pressure on a regime. This shift of foreign policy away from the Carter administration's non-intervention culminated in June 1982 with the Reagan Doctrine which called for supporting democratization everywhere. It was at this point that the goal of the covert operations in Nicaragua shifted away from one of simply interdicting arms to one of supporting a change in government. Iran-Contra historian Theodore Draper, among others, argued, that this was the real goal all the long.
To help popularize the foreign policy changes of the Reagan administration certain propaganda and media initiatives were implemented to sway public and congressional opinion. In January of 1983, National Security Decisions Directive was signed, entitled Management of Public Diplomacy Relative to National Security, institutionalizing public diplomacy. In effect, it was a special planning group within the NSC to coordinate public diplomacy campaigns.[6] This group was America's first peacetime propaganda ministry. Every administration tries to influence public opinion, but not until Reagan was it so institutionalized. Another use of white propaganda, which Richard Miller described as "actually putting out [the] truth, straight information, not deception," was the State Department's Group of Latin American Public Diplomacy (S/LPD).[7] This group, in actuality, reported directly to the NSC despite being housed within the State Department. Both committees utilized a variety of media propaganda and control efforts. A fourteen page memorandum dated March 20, 1985 from North to National Security Advisor Robert McFarlane explained over 80 publicity stunts to influence public and congressional opinion before upcoming Contra aid votes.[8] The public diplomacy officials also leaked select pieces of information that they wanted made public to journalists who favored Reagan. Strategic leaking and declassification of documents allowed the Executive Branch to manage the public perceptions of the American efforts in South America.
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[Profile picture from source site (Twitter/Gettr/Truth Social)] Donald J. Trump / @realDonaldTrump 01/28/202414:02:52
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The drone attack on a U.S. Military Installation in Jordan, killing 3 American Servicemembers, and wounding many more, marks a horrible day for America. My most profound sympathies go to the Families of the Brave Servicemembers we have lost. I ask all Americans to join me in praying for those who have been wounded. This brazen attack on the United States is yet another horrific and tragic consequence of Joe Biden’s weakness and surrender….
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[Profile picture from source site (Twitter/Gettr/Truth Social)] Donald J. Trump / @realDonaldTrump 01/28/2024 13:55:38
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The drone attack on a U.S. Military Installation in Jordan, killing 3 Americanservice members, and wounding many more, marks a horrible day for America. My most profound sympathies go to the Families of the BraveServicememberswe have lost. I ask all Americans to join me in praying for those who have been wounded. This brazen attack on the United States is yet another horrific and tragic consequence of Joe Biden’s weakness and surrender….
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[Profile picture from source site (Twitter/Gettr/Truth Social)] Donald J. Trump / @realDonaldTrump 01/28/2024 13:59:03
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The drone attack on a U.S. Military Installation in Jordan, killing 3 Americanservice members, and wounding many more, marks a horrible day for America. My most profound sympathies go to the Families of the Braveservice memberswe have lost. I ask all Americans to join me in praying for those who have been wounded. This brazen attack on the United States is yet another horrific and tragic consequence of Joe Biden’s weakness and surrender….
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[Profile picture from source site (Twitter/Gettr/Truth Social)] Donald J. Trump / @realDonaldTrump 01/28/202414:02:52
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Truth Social: 111835124369802657
The drone attack on a U.S. Military Installation in Jordan, killing 3 AmericanServicemembers, and wounding many more, marks a horrible day for America. My most profound sympathies go to the Families of the BraveServicememberswe have lost. I ask all Americans to join me in praying for those who have been wounded. This brazen attack on the United States is yet another horrific and tragic consequence of Joe Biden’s weakness and surrender….
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[Profile picture from source site (Twitter/Gettr/Truth Social)] Donald J. Trump / @realDonaldTrump 01/28/2024 13:54:05
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Page Two:Threeyears ago, Iran was weak, broke, and totally under control. Thanks to my Maximum Pressure policy, the Iranian Regime could barely scrape two dollars together to fund their terrorist proxies. Then Joe Biden came in and gave Iran billions of dollars, which the Regime has used to spread bloodshed and carnage throughout the Middle East. This attack would NEVER have happened if I was President, not even a chance - Just like the Iranian-backed Hamas attack on Israel would never have happened, the War in Ukraine would never have happened, and we would right now have Peace throughout the World. Instead, we are on the brink of World War 3…..
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[Profile picture from source site (Twitter/Gettr/Truth Social)] Donald J. Trump / @realDonaldTrump 01/28/2024 13:54:00
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Page Three:This terrible day is yet more proof that we need an immediate return to PEACE THROUGH STRENGTH, so that there will be no more chaos, no more destruction, and no more loss of precious American lives. Our Country cannot survive with Joe Biden as Commander in Chief.
Coincidences piling up:
-Tower 22 Drone strike
-John Tower 22 dead in plane crash dig
-Bush Sr fromTexas
-One theory is Bush Sr Plane Crashed John Tower ofTexas, 7/10 style
-No Truths from Potus for 20 hours
-Anon asks at 11:05 where potus is and why no truth for 20 hours
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-Potus then truths about Texas and Bush backed peachmint hoax of Ken Paxton.
>The great Supreme Court ofTexasnow has a big choice to make. Enough time and money has been wasted forcing Texas Attorney General, Ken Paxton, to defend himself, instead of defending our broken Southern Border, which is under continual siege. He has already been fully acquitted in the Impeachment Hoax. End the Politicization and Abuse of our Justice System, restore Law and Order and, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!
>https://truthsocial.com/users/realDonaldTrump/statuses/111846031383748096
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>So many coincincidences
After long fight, Texas AG Paxton could soon be forced to break silence in court
Saul Elbein
Tue, January 30, 2024, 6:00 AM EST·6 min read
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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) is making a last-ditch effort to avoid publicly testifying Thursday in the lawsuit that led to his impeachment last summer.
The attorney general’s voice was conspicuously absent during that spectacle, which ended with his acquittal in the highly conservative Texas Senate.
But if he fails to convince the state’s highest court to let him maintain his silence — as he has on two prior attempts — Texans will soon have an opportunity to hear him break it.
Last week, a Texas appellate court ruled Paxton would have to testify in a lawsuit pursued by four whistleblowers who allege his office improperly fired them after they confronted him about accusations he misused his office to defend political donors.
The ruling marked a serious setback to Paxton, who has fought to avoid addressing the claims in an official forum — even offering in the appeal currently before the Texas Supreme Court not to contest the former employees’ allegations if it keeps him off the stand.