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``American Made'' What is the life of a real pilot who played a role in America's dark history?
2017.10.25
What is the scandal of the Reagan Republican administration that caused a stir around the world, the ``Iran-Contra Incident''?
This arms smuggling was discovered in 1986 and became an international scandal, the ``Iran-Contra Incident.''
To put the political picture in order, Nicaragua at the time was led by the Sandinista National Liberation Front, a left-wing organization that inherited the aspirations of the Cuban Revolution (an armed liberation struggle led by Castro and Guevara; ideologically socialist and anti-American). succeeded and took power. The Reagan administration of the United States feared that Nicaragua, under the Sandinista regime, would become a "second Cuba." By the way, the British punk band The Clash was greatly inspired by this left-wing revolution and released their masterpiece album Sandinista! in 1980. "announced.
The Contras are a right-wing guerrilla group that has emerged as a counter-force. The Reagan administration provided full support for these pro-American mercenaries by diverting proceeds from arms sales to Iran. In other words, the US government was supporting a terrorist organization trying to overthrow the Nicaraguan government.
When this national crime was exposed, President Reagan famously held a press conference in the White House in which he said, ``I myself did not know.'' In the end, this explanation (evasion) did not cause much damage to his political career, and some people sarcastically called him ``President Teflon'' (a mockery likening him to a Teflon-treated pot that does not scratch easily). It is said that
Now, returning to the story of Barry Seal, he is one of the key players in the Iran-Contra affair, working on illegal business through double dealing between the White House and the Colombian drug organization Medellin Cartel. (By the way, Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega, who is indispensable as a key person in this area, has multiple relationships with the CIA, the Medellin Cartel, and anti-American and left-wing forces such as Castro and the Sandinistas, solely due to conflicts of interest.) (It's a lack of discipline in being tied together.)
Barry is the most completely non-political person, and while he's following the orders of the company he works for, he's also working part-time jobs to earn some extra cash, and things are getting really tough! I probably only had a simple sense of self. At the end of the Cold War era, he could be described as a ``Forest Gump'' type of person in the sense that he unexpectedly moved around the hardcore scenes of the era while being in sync with the negative spiral swirling around the world.
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``American Made'' is based on thorough research by the staff, and depicts in detail the events surrounding the ``Big little villain'' who played a secret role in America's dark history, as well as the historical and social background. ing. However, on the other hand, "looks" are completely different from reality. Just Google Barry Seal and you'll find out. I'm sure you'll see a lot of images of old men with double chins and pot bellies who look nothing like Tom Cruise. His wife is as beautiful as Sarah Wright Olsen in the movie (by the way, they have two sons and a daughter).
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