Iran Contra Affair
Iran Contra Affair Assignment
Step 1 - Ashley
a) Zinn – In order to fund CIA Contra (basically terrorists) operations on Nicaragua (it was illegal for the US to be involved in Nicaragua) Reagan looked for funding from other countries including Saudi Arabia and Iran. Zinn blamed Reagan for lying and makes it out to be a huge scandal.
Johnson – That Reagan was completely innocent and had no involvement. Oliver North had sold secret arms to Iran to free US hostages.
b) Johnson denies that Reagan had direct involvement because he is an avid supporter of Reagan’s politics and this scandal would completely erase any ‘good’ that he did. Zinn is naturally a skeptic and has no problem calling out Reagan for this scandal.
c) Reagan was definitely aware of the Iran Contra, but his involvement is debatable. I would say he we was directly involved and agree that this was a serious scandal. It doesn’t seem like a coincidence that Reagan’s Nicaraguan war was initially made illegal, and then secretly continued by 3rd party funds. He obviously had some direct involvement in funding the Contra’s.
Step 2
Intro – I think the biggest part of the scandal was that Reagan directly lied about the conflict, but there is significant evidence that he knew we were giving Iran weapons & the funds were supporting the Contras.
Document 1 – This document is significant because it outlines Reagan’s direct plans for militant activities in Nicaragua.
a) Document 7 – This shows Oliver North’s flow chart of how we were going to fund the Contra’s after congress forced Reagan to shut down Nicaraguan operations.
b)
Name
Source notes
Ashley
Document 4 – Oliver North tells the national security advisor that he plans to continue the war if they decide to shut down the operations by using funds from Saudi Arabia.
Sarah
Document 17 – Goals and interests of the US in Iran, and not one of them talked about the hostages. They discussed Iran from disinigrating and protection
Step 1 - Ashley
a) Zinn – In order to fund CIA Contra (basically terrorists) operations on Nicaragua (it was illegal for the US to be involved in Nicaragua) Reagan looked for funding from other countries including Saudi Arabia and Iran. Zinn blamed Reagan for lying and makes it out to be a huge scandal.
Johnson – That Reagan was completely innocent and had no involvement. Oliver North had sold secret arms to Iran to free US hostages.
b) Johnson denies that Reagan had direct involvement because he is an avid supporter of Reagan’s politics and this scandal would completely erase any ‘good’ that he did. Zinn is naturally a skeptic and has no problem calling out Reagan for this scandal.
c) Reagan was definitely aware of the Iran Contra, but his involvement is debatable. I would say he we was directly involved and agree that this was a serious scandal. It doesn’t seem like a coincidence that Reagan’s Nicaraguan war was initially made illegal, and then secretly continued by 3rd party funds. He obviously had some direct involvement in funding the Contra’s.
Step 2
Intro – I think the biggest part of the scandal was that Reagan directly lied about the conflict, but there is significant evidence that he knew we were giving Iran weapons & the funds were supporting the Contras.
Document 1 – This document is significant because it outlines Reagan’s direct plans for militant activities in Nicaragua.
a) Document 7 – This shows Oliver North’s flow chart of how we were going to fund the Contra’s after congress forced Reagan to shut down Nicaraguan operations.
b)
Name
Source notes
Ashley
Document 4 – Oliver North tells the national security advisor that he plans to continue the war if they decide to shut down the operations by using funds from Saudi Arabia.
Sarah
Document 17 – Goals and interests of the US in Iran, and not one of them talked about the hostages. They discussed Iran from disinigrating and protection