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Our President, Donald Trump has joined a long list of presidents in the 20th and 21st centuries who have embroiled America in the Middle East in yet another conflict. We here at The Day's Dumpster Fire don't like to take sides in terms of political parties, the Middle East has proven itself to do the exact same thing. It doesn't matter which president is in office, democrat or republican, the Middle East and America have been involved with one another for decades for one reason or another with no end in sight.
Kara and Ed would often get questions from their students as to why the Middle East is such a confusing conflict and all they could say is that "Well, it's complicated." And you know what, nothing has changed all that much year after year other than things continue to get more and more confusing, complicated, and worse yet for America, polarizing. The best way we can describe the situation over there is that the Middle East is a combination of multiple different jigsaw puzzles that need to be assembled but with no pictures on the boxes as a frame of reference...
... Oh, and all the pieces are in a dumpster that just so happens to be on fire...
In today's episode, Ed doesn't tackle any of the laundry list of issues in the Middle East dating back to the time after WWII. Instead, Ed has put together a few of the puzzle pieces that involve a part of the puzzle contributing to some of the issues today.
Today's episode is about The Iran Contra Affair or Scandal. In Part 1 Ed is giving us some background on:
- A brief overview of what the Iran Contra Affair was about and what sort of questions the whole kerfuffle brought about in American politics.
- What role did communism and the Cold War served in shaping American foreign affairs.
- What in the world was going on in Nicaragua and who the Contras were and what they stood for.
- What was going on with Iran and Iraq going to war in the 1980s and how the Soviet Union was playing a part.
- A quick overview of Hezbollah and the hostages they were taking with the backing of Iran.
- And lastly, what was President Ronald Reagan doing to handle Nicaragua (which his hands were tied to do anything because of congress not wanting another Vietnam War) and Iran (in which his hands were tied due to a campaign promise of never negotiating with terrorists
Be sure to tune into Part 2 when it comes out because it's going to conclude the whole ordeal and exactly how the Reagan administration got themselves in one of the wildest scandals in American history aside from Watergate.
Enjoyed this presidential mess? Check out these other classic Dumpster Fires:
The Prologue: For the full background on why Congress banned the White House from intervening, listen to our Vietnam War deep dive in Episodes 41 and 42.
Support the show
Hey before you go!
If have ideas for future episodes that you want Kara and Ed to look into, email them at [email protected]. They would love to hear from you!
You can also send them a text message by clicking on the link at the top.
Be sure to head on over to www.thedaysdumpsterfire.com for the ever growing library of historical dumpster fires.
Check us out on the ol Instagrams!
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Our President, Donald Trump has joined a long list of presidents in the 20th and 21st centuries who have embroiled America in the Middle East in yet another conflict. We here at The Day's Dumpster Fire don't like to take sides in terms of political parties, the Middle East has proven itself to do the exact same thing. It doesn't matter which president is in office, democrat or republican, the Middle East and America have been involved with one another for decades for one reason or another with no end in sight.
Kara and Ed would often get questions from their students as to why the Middle East is such a confusing conflict and all they could say is that "Well, it's complicated." And you know what, nothing has changed all that much year after year other than things continue to get more and more confusing, complicated, and worse yet for America, polarizing. The best way we can describe the situation over there is that the Middle East is a combination of multiple different jigsaw puzzles that need to be assembled but with no pictures on the boxes as a frame of reference...
... Oh, and all the pieces are in a dumpster that just so happens to be on fire...
In today's episode, Ed doesn't tackle any of the laundry list of issues in the Middle East dating back to the time after WWII. Instead, Ed has put together a few of the puzzle pieces that involve a part of the puzzle contributing to some of the issues today.
Today's episode is about The Iran Contra Affair or Scandal. In Part 1 Ed is giving us some background on:
- A brief overview of what the Iran Contra Affair was about and what sort of questions the whole kerfuffle brought about in American politics.
- What role did communism and the Cold War served in shaping American foreign affairs.
- What in the world was going on in Nicaragua and who the Contras were and what they stood for.
- What was going on with Iran and Iraq going to war in the 1980s and how the Soviet Union was playing a part.
- A quick overview of Hezbollah and the hostages they were taking with the backing of Iran.
- And lastly, what was President Ronald Reagan doing to handle Nicaragua (which his hands were tied to do anything because of congress not wanting another Vietnam War) and Iran (in which his hands were tied due to a campaign promise of never negotiating with terrorists
Be sure to tune into Part 2 when it comes out because it's going to conclude the whole ordeal and exactly how the Reagan administration got themselves in one of the wildest scandals in American history aside from Watergate.
Enjoyed this presidential mess? Check out these other classic Dumpster Fires:
The Prologue: For the full background on why Congress banned the White House from intervening, listen to our Vietnam War deep dive in Episodes 41 and 42.
Support the show
Hey before you go!
If have ideas for future episodes that you want Kara and Ed to look into, email them at [email protected]. They would love to hear from you!
You can also send them a text message by clicking on the link at the top.
Be sure to head on over to www.thedaysdumpsterfire.com for the ever growing library of historical dumpster fires.
Check us out on the ol Instagrams!
https://www.instagram.com/thedaysdumpsterfire/