Originally Posted by issodhos
Originally Posted by Ardy
Originally Posted by issodhos
Those who were, including his 4 different physicians, were. But, this is probably where I will leave it.
Yours,
Issodhos

As previously noted, none of the four physicians was known to be a specialist in the field in question. I doubt their testimony would be considered authoritative in a court of law. And as such, I decline to consider their opinions such
Nor is his estranged son.
Yours,
Issodhos

Which leaves us with the undisputed fact that Pres Reagan was unable to remember authorizing actions leading to the Iran Contra affair... and disputed that he would have done so.... until written evidence was presented that he had done this... in which case he said that he must have done that, even though he had no memory of having done so.

The evidence is that either Reagan was lying, or he had some rather severe problem remembering important matters of state.

And, assuming that Reagan was not lying in this case... it is perfectly reasonable to conclude that what ever memory problem the Reagan had... we have no reason to believe the effects of that problem were limited to this specific circumstance.

Last edited by Ardy; 01/17/11 02:58 AM.

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