http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October...spiracy_theory
I've been toying with the idea of writing a timeline on this theory which proves the Reagan campaign and possibly even Reagan himself did in fact make a deal with the Iranians to withhold the hostages release until after the election.
The plan calls for quite a few PODs. The first PoD is that a ship alleged to contain arms promised to the Iranians was stopped and seized at the harbor in Lisbon.
The second PoD is Adelino Amaro da Costa does not die in a plane crash in 1980. da Costa believing that the Americans were responsible for what is seen as an assination attempt goes to the UN General Assembly on July 15th of 1981 and has in his possession the promised documents linking the Reagan Campaign to the Iranian hostage takers.
As per OTL on July 18, 1981 The USSR's TASS news agency reports the emergency landing near the USSR/Turkish border of an Argentine-registered transport aircraft leased and flown by Israelis, carrying a full load of US weaponry and military spare parts. The US Assistant Secretary of State for the Middle East, Nicholas Veliotes, investigated this occurrence and concluded that the downed aircraft was on its third such flight in a series of shipments of US weapons to Iran which had been authorized by high officials in the Reagan Administration.
By August of 1981 the Democrat controlled US House of Representatives launches an investigation into the matter and begins handing out subpeonas.
This is where I have currently stopped. I did not want to pursue the matter any further until I can put aside ASB issues that people may have.
I've been toying with the idea of writing a timeline on this theory which proves the Reagan campaign and possibly even Reagan himself did in fact make a deal with the Iranians to withhold the hostages release until after the election.
The plan calls for quite a few PODs. The first PoD is that a ship alleged to contain arms promised to the Iranians was stopped and seized at the harbor in Lisbon.
The second PoD is Adelino Amaro da Costa does not die in a plane crash in 1980. da Costa believing that the Americans were responsible for what is seen as an assination attempt goes to the UN General Assembly on July 15th of 1981 and has in his possession the promised documents linking the Reagan Campaign to the Iranian hostage takers.
As per OTL on July 18, 1981 The USSR's TASS news agency reports the emergency landing near the USSR/Turkish border of an Argentine-registered transport aircraft leased and flown by Israelis, carrying a full load of US weaponry and military spare parts. The US Assistant Secretary of State for the Middle East, Nicholas Veliotes, investigated this occurrence and concluded that the downed aircraft was on its third such flight in a series of shipments of US weapons to Iran which had been authorized by high officials in the Reagan Administration.
By August of 1981 the Democrat controlled US House of Representatives launches an investigation into the matter and begins handing out subpeonas.
This is where I have currently stopped. I did not want to pursue the matter any further until I can put aside ASB issues that people may have.
