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He wants Iran to not have missiles because then Iran will buy his missiles
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Those who do US crimes get airtime; those who expose them get canceled.
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Republicans don’t go to jail for committing crimes.
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"He has experience so we can trust him!"
-Fox News viewers
To be fair, he's annoyed at them having missiles, he had no problem selling them as long as he could profit.
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Related to nothing but Ollie, I rode an elevator with him and some police in the US courthouse in DC during his trial
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Giving this traitor a television platform instead of a prison cell, was one giant step in making Republicans feel untouchable, no matter how poorly they behaved. Even treason is excused, and rewarded.
George HW Bush pardoned him on the advice of William Barr, giving Barr the start of a career helping presidents avoid responsibility for their illegal activities.
Lmao no fucking way, really?
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well, you can't argue that he hasn't learnt his lesson.
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Heard about him in Killer Mike's Reagan song. Great song
Oliver North, a retired Marine Lieutenant Colonel, played a key role in the Iran-Contra affair, a major political scandal during the Reagan administration. He was involved in the sale of weapons to Iran, with the profits being diverted to support the Contras in Nicaragua, despite a congressional ban on funding the Contras.
Do they put anyone on screen for ratings?
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Just another bucket of slime sloshing whichever way gets him a seat at the table.
Hear me out, theoretically this is actually cool?
Like, theoretically, take away the Fox propaganda and shameless lack of disclosure. Picture this guy presenting himself as a CI, like a convicted hacker, former cartel, defector or something. He has real experience with Iran, missiles, the whole Contra affair. He knows what they’d do with them, how they get them, what the buyers are like because he shamelessly sold them.
That’d be a cool perspective.
It’s of course not reality, but still.
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Land of the free.
I'm hardly surprised - just seems like a US thing. I mean, who else would leave it up to Trump of all people to decide whether the Epstein files should be made public?
Don't get me wrong. The Iran - Contra affair was a terrible circumvention of U.S. law and North deserved to go to prison and Reagan should have been impeached.
However, this post is a mischaracterization of that event.
This was part of an overall plan to get American hostages released.
That being said, we sold arms to Iran, who was fighting Iraq (a U.S. ally at the time), and one of the intermediaries we used was fucking Israel.
Yup, Israel helped us sell arms to Iran. So Iran can turn around and use them against an ally.
North was then made a fall guy.
I was younger when this happened but I recall, at the time, it was characterized as we just sold them parts for their airplanes and defensive arms.
Man, we just can't stop fucking our face with our own foot.
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In the 80s, there was Cold War drama We fought the Commies inside Nicaragua Our friends were the Contras, freedom was their mantra So we sent them lots of money for guns and landmines But Congress stopped the Contra money flow Just 'cause they moved a teeny bit of blow But then a hero came forth, his name was Oliver North He and Reagan went around the sissy Congress
Ollie North Ollie North
You see, North secretly sold missiles to a harmless country called Iran, who would always be a grateful ally Then he gave the profits to the Contras Genius But the sales were uncovered by the press Reagan and North began to stress 'Cause what they did was technically high treason But it was totally justified North volunteered to take the blame To save Reagan from prison rape shame The truth he did bury with his hot secretary Thanks to her shredder, he got off totally scot-free
Ollie North Ollie North
He's a soldier And a hero And a novelist And now he's on FOX News
Makes sense considering Fox is full of deplorable shit bags who pretend to be journalists.
Wasn't he on Fox like 20 years ago? We don't have to share old stuff to express how bad they are. There's enough bad shit going on today that we can talk about.
i know that in a world i should expect, these people will ultimately be held accountable and will pay for their crimes. i also know that i don't live in that world, and it's getting harder and harder every day to keep on doing this dance.
Fuck Oliver North.
If you're ever afraid of doing things that can make you look bad...
Just remember.
You can literally sell illegal weapons to terrorists... And then work for Fox News.
Considering how much time has passed, he could just change his opinions like a normal human being
Should you trust a public person to share their true personal views? Not really
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