Crazy Presidential #Pardons: the Iran-Contra Scandal We have to hand it to #Bush (Not W., but H.W…
Posted by wpadmin | Posted in Business and Corporations, Financial Advisement, Government, Personal Finance, Taxes | Posted on 22-01-2016
Crazy Presidential #Pardons: the Iran-Contra Scandal
We have to hand it to #Bush (Not W., but H.W.) — the guy knew how to argue a point, and he made good on it with this particular pardon: Casper Weinberger, the former Secretary of Defense, and five other individuals. All together, they were integral in the entire Iran-Contra affair, but here's the thing:
Those individuals were crucial to the comprehensive history of governmental service, and the fact that they all had an 'opinion' regarding the issue with Iran, Bush thought it prudent to make it a political matter versus a criminal matter. Pardon executed. President Bush, well played.
It’s odd when you see one President Obama ‘pardon’ a Thanksgiving turkey by the name of Honest Abe — but at the very least, it’s a welcome and much more pleasant sight we get to see other than the other “Turkey” shooting down a Russian jet, trouble with ISIS, and the politics of a Donald Trump, …
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