On the recordOctober 15, 2003
If I could reclaim my time, let me just note that at times during World War II, we were known to send weapons to Joseph Stalin in order to fight Adolph Hitler, and during the Cold War we at times backed dictators like Samoza and some nefarious characters. And, I might add, we did not start winning the Cold War until Ronald Reagan said, and let me stress this, when he came to power he said, We are not just against communism anymore, we are for democracy. That is a very important part of how we won the Cold War. During that time period, Iran was considered a terrible threat, engaged with terrorist activities, murdering Americans, et cetera. We all remember that. I will admit probably the Reagan Administration, trying to balance off that Iranian threat, did some of these things that the gentleman is referring to.
Source
govinfo.gov




