> It's worth mentioning that there's one other possible theory why
> Obama did this in the last few days of his administration: It's
> possible that Trump asked Obama to do it before leaving office, so
> that he wouldn't have to do it.
Guest wrote:
> Where did you get this idea?
I heard an analyst mention it in passing. The concept appeals to me
because I recall that after Reagan won the 1980 presidential election,
Reagan and Carter secretly coordinated policies during the transition
period to bring the Iranian hostage crisis to an end, and it worked --
the plane carrying the hostages took off from Iran and cleared Iranian
air space just as Reagan was taking the oath of office.
I like to think of our American presidents as having the decency of
going beyond their own rhetoric to work behind the scenes as necessary
to do what's best for the country. See? Even I, the most cynical
person in the world, still retain some occasional teeny, tiny bit of
idealism.