I feel somewhat motivated to defend McDermott on this issue. Perhaps, he is just speaking out and voicing paranoid theory, and perhaps he isn't.
I recall the handling of the hostages in Iran and how the Reagan election team had convinced the Iranians to hold the hostages until after Reagan's inauguration for political gain.
Now, nothing seems more clearly unamerican and dispicable to me as using these hostages for political capital. What this has done is severly undermined republican credibility in such issues.
While Mcdermott's claims may be unfounded, the republican party has demonstrated that they are not above doing something this underhanded. therefore, for them to cast any aspersions onto McDermott for such a comment would be farcical.
I do think it is inappropriate for McDermott to make such comments without evidence, however, the republican party has long ago forfeited their right to indignance at such a remark.
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