![]() ![]() Still, the president instructed his National Security Advisor, Robert McFarlane, to find a way to assist the drug-dealing Contras, regardless of the cost-political or otherwise. Reagan had described the Contras as “the moral equivalent of the Founding Fathers.” But much of their funding, to that point, had come via Nicaragua’s cocaine trade, hence Congress’ decision to pass the Boland Amendment. The amendment was specifically aimed at Nicaragua, where anti-communist Contras were battling the communist Sandinista government. Soon after taking control of Congress, the Democrats passed the Boland Amendment, which restricted the activities of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and Department of Defense (DoD) in foreign conflicts. During his campaign for the White House, Reagan had promised to assist anti-Communist insurgencies around the globe, but the so-called “ Reagan Doctrine” faced a political hurdle following those mid-term elections. ![]() The results would complicate the president’s agenda. President Ronald Reagan, who won the White House in 1980, wasn’t able to maintain the political momentum for his Republican colleagues, and the GOP was swept from the majority in both the Senate and House of Representatives in the 1982 mid-term elections. ![]() The Iran-Contra Affair, also known as “The Iran-Contra Scandal” and “Irangate,” may not have happened were it not for the political climate in the early 1980s. ![]()
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