Today we had blog discussions.
Carter - He wanted to be a peoples' president, but it wasn't that easy. He was running against Gerald Ford. Carter won, but not by much. After Russia invaded Afghanistan, we sent military aid to mujahideen. It was to help out the communist gov't that had been in place since 1978. After Iraq invaded Iran, they released the captives and all was good
Reagan
- 1983 invasion of Grenada
- 1986 bombing of Libya
- Publicly described the Soviets as an "Evil Empire"
- Survived an assassination attempt by John Hinckley Jr.
- He met with the leader of the Soviets, and eventually they made a treaty
Comments