Reagan gave Iraq the weapons of mass destruction (WMD), which is why Cheney knew Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction.
Problem.
Reagan also gave Iran WMD to Iran in order to free hostages captured when Iran threw out the government installed by Nixon and Eisenhower.
Iranians watched Bush #2 invade Iraq in 2003 based on the idea that they had weapons of mass destruction. That would be the weapons of mass destruction that were provided by Reagan.
Iran decided to begin an anti-ship cruise missile program when the US invaded Iraq, and it takes about 10 years to complete that kind of thing.
Nobody in the United States has the slightest idea what gave Iran the crazy notion that the United States might bomb them since we also gave Iran the same kinds of WMD that we used as an excuse to invade Iraq.
So ... Iran had this successful cruise missile firing in January 2012.
How did that begin?
Eisenhower and Nixon cooked up a scheme that killed about 800 Muslims in Iran to cut oil prices. The people that Nixon and Eisenhower killed were from influential families like Kennedy and Rockefeller in the United States. The government they installed was thrown out when Iran declared war on the US in 1979 after BP stole oil for about 30 years.
Some of the embassy staff were held hostage while the government negotiated the missing royalties, and Reagan freed them with WMD gifts.
Wow.
Who could have seen this coming?
Meanwhile ... in Washington D.C.
The US shuts down Iranian banking to halt Iranian oil imports.
It would be insane to postpone the keystone pipeline after cutting off oil exports from Iran, but ...
The pipeline is a problem because large aquifers put the water table less than 10 feet beneath the surface plus there are active earthquake faults and a subduction zone that could rupture the pipe and permanently contaminate ground water. There is no possible way to clean up a spill if water pours into the hole as soon as you dig it.
No pipeline safety features were part of the original proposal.
Obama has stated that he will approve once changes are incorporated.
We desperately need that pipeline so we can fuel street lights and cars that get 10mpg.
Canada is going to sell what we don't want to China.
And ... the Social Security Trust Fund that was flush with $2.5 trillion was emptied by 2005 because of the unfunded wars in Afghanistan and iraq.
Now we need to borrow foreign money to fight another war in the Middle East or face economic collapse like the Soviet Union if our oil supply is cut off.
Meanwhile ... off in the middle east.
Iranians have 10 uranium mines and a fully functional nuclear power plant developed under the Atoms for Peace program started by Eisenhower and Nixon after the coup that killed those 800 Muslims from influential families.
That power plant has enough used fuel to produce dozens of plutonium warheads in a few months if the chemical processing facilities are ready to go. They don't need fancy centrifuges for that. They need cranes, trucks, stainless steel vats, acid, robots, electricity, and cameras.
Obama was trying to convince the Iranians to abandon nuclear warheads for anti-ship cruise missiles.
Iran was negotiating to abandon their nuclear program until Cain, Bachmann, Romney, and Gingrich said they would nuke Iran at about the same time that someone assassinated the top level manager in charge of the Iranian nuclear program.
For some strange reason that nobody can understand, Iran decided to stop negotiating about nuclear weapon development.
Big surprise again.
Wow.
Someday we might have to sit through this skit on Saturday Night Live.
Brrrinnng .... briiinnnnggg ... bbbringgg ....
Pres.: Hello Chairman
Chairman: Yes
Pres.: We are very disappointed that you invaded Taiwan and that you are buying oil from Iran.
Chairman: Yes. Is there something else you would like to discuss?
Pres.: We need to restore democracy in Asia, but first we need to ask you a question.
Chairman: Yes
Pres.: Can we borrow $1 Trillion?
Charman: No
Pres.: Damn!!!
