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Texas Politician Says He Sabotaged Release of U.S. Embassy Hostages To Prevent Carter’s Re-election
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FlashMobOfOne lemmy.world FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world
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Isn't this a crime of some sort?

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Asafum lemmy.world Asafum@lemmy.world
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Isn't this a crime of some sort?

Only if a Democrat does it

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Fredselfish lemmy.world Fredselfish@lemmy.world
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Isn't this a crime of some sort?

We all knew about this, it was one of the way the Republicans cheated to get Regan elected. The guy who ruined everything.

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IninewCrow lemmy.ca ininewcrow@lemmy.ca
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That's great .... so by this logic, we'll be able to see political figures acting out against this current Trump administration in about 50 years from now.

There's hope for American yet.

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Jake Farm sopuli.xyz Jake_Farm@sopuli.xyz
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Isn't this a crime of some sort?

And this way treason charges need to come back.

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frustrated_phagocytosis fedia.io frustrated_phagocytosis@fedia.io
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Isn't this a crime of some sort?

Probably, except now you can exchange money and blow jobs for pardons so who cares about some light treason?

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UnderpantsWeevil lemmy.world UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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You have to wonder how much Iranian politicians regretted that decision 8-12 years later.

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FlashMobOfOne lemmy.world FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world
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Probably, except now you can exchange money and blow jobs for pardons so who cares about some light treason?

It's just weird to me that stuff like this is coming out while some of the major players are still alive and I can be absolutely certain there won't be any accountability. (And yeah, I totally get that that shouldn't be weird, given what we all understand about how the US works.)

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crystalmerchant lemmy.world crystalmerchant@lemmy.world
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This is not new.....Reagan sabotaged Carter by pressuring (through Connally I guess? I'd guess others too) the Iranians to keep the hostages until Reagan was elected

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frustrated_phagocytosis fedia.io frustrated_phagocytosis@fedia.io
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It's just weird to me that stuff like this is coming out while some of the major players are still alive and I can be absolutely certain there won't be any accountability. (And yeah, I totally get that that shouldn't be weird, given what we all understand about how the US works.)

Like Ollie North still making TV appearances. Imagine Benedict Arnold or Robert E. Lee going on Fox News to accuse Democrats of treason and no one bats an eye.

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Lost_My_Mind lemmy.world Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world
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Like Ollie North still making TV appearances. Imagine Benedict Arnold or Robert E. Lee going on Fox News to accuse Democrats of treason and no one bats an eye.

If Robert E Lee or Benedict Arnold came onto Fox News, there would be far bigger implications than just honoring a traitor.

Such as......who has access to these time machines?

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NotMyOldRedditName lemmy.world NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world
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Seems like a good reason. Here's a T to go along with it.

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ProfThadBach lemmy.world ProfThadBach@lemmy.world
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This was known in the 80s. It is not like it is new information.

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HubertManne piefed.social HubertManne@piefed.social
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This was known in the 80s. It is not like it is new information.

yeah but over time this, the hanging chads, it builds up.

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SailorMoss sh.itjust.works SailorMoss@sh.itjust.works
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Isn't this a crime of some sort?

Nah… Nixon did the same thing with Vietnam and he famously was not a crook. [/s]

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Malyca lemmy.zip Malyca@lemmy.zip
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Isn't this a crime of some sort?

Just treason, nbd

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