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Iran's Supreme Leader: Reagan was wiser, more powerful than Trump
Source: The Hill
BY JOHN BOWDEN - 12/27/17 08:49 AM EST
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Thursday ripped President Trump, comparing the president to former President Reagan and vowing that Iran would endure any U.S. presidency.
In a series of tweets Thursday morning, Khamenei said that Reagan was both more "powerful" and "wise" than Trump, yet was unable to topple Iran's government.
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Khamenei's first tweet refers to the July 1988 crash of Iran Air flight 655, which was shot down by a U.S. guided missile over Iranian airspace under orders from the U.S. military. The Reagan administration explained the incident at the time as an error caused by U.S. warships identifying the flight incorrectly as an incoming Iranian military aircraft.
The U.S. reached a settlement at the International Criminal Court (ICC) over the incident in 1996 and paid more than $60 million in compensation, but did not admit fault.
Read more: http://thehill.com/policy/international/366553-irans-supreme-leader-reagan-was-wiser-and-more-powerful-than-trump
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Iran's Supreme Leader: Reagan was wiser, more powerful than Trump (Original Post)
DonViejo
Dec 2017
OP
oberliner
(58,724 posts)1. Amazing how Twitter has changed diplomacy
Social media in general has transformed our society profoundly.
BumRushDaShow
(129,683 posts)2. You know it's bad when Iran claims Raygun was better than Drumpf
Hugin
(33,222 posts)3. Twitter (and Trump) has turned the world into a middle school lunchroom.
with Nukes.
WAITER! WAITER! CHECK, PLEASE!
Aristus
(66,481 posts)4. Oh, that's gonna leave a mark!
SeattleVet
(5,480 posts)5. As execrable as that bastard Reagan was, tRump is far worse
and much more dangerous to world stability, especially with the types of people he has surrounded himself with.
Javaman
(62,534 posts)6. a rotten turnip is wiser, more powerful than Trump nt