I had forgotten all of this. Do you
remember when the senators were giving Ollie North such a
bad time? This brings it all into perspective doesn't
it? Have a great day.
Do you remember1987.......
Thought you
might be interested in this forgotten bit of
information.........
It
was 1987! At a lecture the other day they were
playing an old news video of
Lt.Col. Oliver North testifying at the Iran-Contra
hearings during the Reagan
Administration.
There was Ollie in front of God and country getting
the
third degree, but what he said was stunning!
He was being drilled by a
senator, 'Did you not recently spend close to
$60,000 for a home security
system?'
Ollie replied, 'Yes, I did, Sir.'
The senator
continued, trying to get a laugh out of the
audience, 'Isn't that just a little
excessive?'
'No, sir,' continued Ollie.
'No? And why not?' the
senator asked.
'Because the lives of my family and I were
threatened,
sir.'
'Threatened? By whom?' the senator
questioned...
'By a
terrorist, sir' Ollie answered.
'Terrorist? What terrorist could
possibly scare you that much?'
'His name is Osama bin Laden, sir' Ollie
replied.
At this point the senator tried to repeat the name,
but
couldn't pronounce it, which most people back then
probably couldn't. A couple
of people laughed at the attempt. Then the senator
continued.. Why are you so
afraid of this man?' the senator asked.
'Because, sir, he is the most
evil person alive that I know of', Ollie answered.
'And
what do you recommend we do about him?' asked the
senator.
'Well, sir,
if it was up to me, I would recommend that an
assassin team be formed to
eliminate him and his men from the face of the
earth.'
The senator
disagreed with this approach, and that was all that
was shown of the clip.
By
the way, that senator was Al Gore!
Also:
Terrorist
pilot Mohammad Atta blew up a bus in Israel
in 1986. The Israelis captured, tried and
imprisoned him. As part of the Oslo agreement with the Palestinians in 1993,Israel had to agree to release
so-called 'political prisoners.'
However, the Israelis would not release
any with blood on their hands. The American
President at the time, Bill Clinton,
and his Secretary of State, Warren Christopher,
'insisted' that all prisoners be
released..
Thus Mohammad Atta was freed and eventually thanked
us by
flying an airplane into Tower One of the
World Trade Center . This was reported
by many of the American TV networks at the time
that the terrorists were first
identified.
It
was censored in the US from all
later
reports.
If
you agree that the American public should be made
aware of this fact, pass this on.
Do Not Break - it is 8 years strong.
This
is why I always say I love YOU....
This has not been broken since 9/11/01,
please
keep it going....
This has been kept alive and moving since 9/11. In memory
of
all those who perished this morning; the
passengers and the pilots on the
United Air and AA flights, the workers in the World
Trade Center and the
Pentagon, and all the innocent bystanders.. Our
prayers go out to the friends and
families of the deceased.
Send
this to at least 10 people to show your support
PLEASE DON'T BREAK IT
!!!!!!
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11 comments:
I guess Snopes is part of the the great liberal media cover up of factual information
http://www.snopes.com/rumors/north.asp
Don't break the chain! 8 years strong! Pretty amazing for something which is proven false and isn't getting any truer.
Snopes can cite all the "facts" it wants. The only proof I need is contained in the giant, multicolored fonts of this forward! How could any sane person argue with such formatting?
Think we already trounced this one, Dave.
I don't know how to make this any plainer:
The Reagan administration not only knew
who bin Laden was, they backed him to the
hilt during the Afghan-Soviet War.
And it's also common knowledge that there
is a strong alliance between the Bush family
and the bin Laden family.
And THAT is why e-mails like these circulate.
Don't forget that the second part is also false, no matter how big the font is.
There was an interesting (though not really surprising) posting at snopes recently, which sheds some light on what passes for "truth" and discourse among some people.
http://www.snopes.com/info/notes/kagan.asp
Bit off topic, but since this is a retread what the hey.
I love how "This email is really damn old!" is suddenly a good thing.
I also think that it's funny that buying a security system for his house a decade too early is somehow seen as brilliant foresight. Did he think Bin Laden was going to TP him?
8 years, huh? I guess font sizes grow over time.
No contard could be expected to know that Abu-Nidal and Osama bin Laden are not the same person. I mean, come on, both names sound Arab-y!!
To say nothing of knowing that $16,000 and $60,000 are not the same amount.
Geez, not that "great American Patriot, Oliver North"??? Selling weapons to one of the Axis of Evil, Iran, and channeling the profits to the Contras in Nicaragua. That Ollie North?? Yeah, I'd believe anything Ollie said. Gotta be true... NOT.
While at the same time, the CIA was selling drugs and arms to the Crips & the Bloods in Los Angeles, and also funneling the profits to the Contra's.
Yeah, the late 1980s: good times for all contardz!
Let's make our fonts really really BIG so everyone will believe us. Rocks for brains.
"This is bone chilling." Guess this person doesn't get out much.
Now Fox is trying to rehab Scooter Libby by rewriting that history to make out that somehow poor, poor Scooter was vilely treated by the dreaded left. So I guess they have to trot out the former whitewash rehab of Ollie North as comparision. Corporate owned think tanks engaged in typical rightwing propoganda.
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