Ronald Reagan: “We want to struggle, but it is dangerous to have friends like you–to…”

On the recordJune 23, 1986

We want to struggle, but it is dangerous to have friends like you–to be left stranded on the landing beaches of the Bay of Pigs.

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Republican · California

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Address to the Nation on United States Assistance for the Nicaraguan Democratic Resistance

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