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Oliver North, the Reagan administration National Security Council staffer who became a conservative hero because of his role in the Iran-Contra scandal, said last week that President Obama could be impeached for his handling of issues including the Benghazi attack because unlike in Benghazi, nobody died in Iran-Contra.
North told Tim Constantine of the Tea Party News Network that the Reagan administration didnt try to cover up the Iran-Contra scandal, a fact he might want to check with his own secretary from the time. He also urged House Speaker John Boehner to form a special committee on Benghazi. Right-wing activists have only increased their demands for a special committee after the House Republicans own report among others debunked conspiracy theories about the Obama administrations handling of the attack.
Tragically, this administration has gotten away with things that any other president would have been impeached for, theres no doubt in my mind, North said.
As Brian Powell of Media Matters notes, it is patently absurd to claim that no one died as a result of the Iran Contra scandal, in which the Republican hero trafficked arms into the hands of a tyrannical Iranian government, negotiated with Hezbollah terrorists and funneled money and military equipment into the hands of violent revolutionaries in Americas own backyard.
http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/oliver-north-thinks-obama-could-be-impeached-benghazi-because-nobody-died-iran-contra
And actually, he might want to remember the story of Ben Linder.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Linder
Berlum
(7,044 posts)"They may be old by now, but we can still shoot them at Americans. Ha ha. We are still wondering why you and your Republicon Cronies wanted to arm an 'Evil Empire.' Bwaaa ha ha ha ha. Don't bother to explain. We know all about your Republicon 'family values.' Bwaaa ha ha ha ha. Sneer." - Iran
earthside
(6,960 posts)That's the estimate of those killed on both sides of the war that the Reagan administration and Ollie North encouraged and waged against the legitimately elected government of Daniel Ortega.
Marr
(20,317 posts)What a schmuck that guy is.
Berlum
(7,044 posts)dembotoz
(16,785 posts)lancer78
(1,495 posts)MisterP
(23,730 posts)of course his model was the Argentine Dirty War: a stand-alone complex to attack guerrillas worldwide
's why they supported Klaus Barbie and Ollie bought 1.5 metric tonnes of cocaine from Ramon Matta in one go
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miguel_Etchecolatz
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfredo_Astiz
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramon_Camps
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix_Program
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jose_Lopez_Rega
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bologna_massacre
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propaganda_Due
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operativo_Independencia
eppur_se_muova
(36,247 posts)struggle4progress
(118,233 posts)The National Security Archive obtained the hand-written notebooks of Oliver North ... In his entry for August 9, 1985,.. North writes: "Honduran DC-6 which is being used for runs out of New Orleans is probably being used for drug runs into US" ... According to the notebook, Secord told North that "14 M to finance <the arms in the warehouse> came from drugs" ... An April 1, 1985 memo from Robert Owen ... reports that the officials in the new Southern Front FDN units include "people who are questionable because of past indiscretions," such as José Robelo, who is believed to have "potential involvement with drug running" and Sebastian Gonzalez, who is "now involved in drug running out of Panama" ... The Kerry Committee report concluded that "senior U.S. policy makers were not immune to the idea that drug money was a perfect solution to the Contras' funding problems" ... Reagan administration officials interceded on behalf of José Bueso Rosa, a Honduran general who was heavily involved with the CIA's contra operations and faced trial for his role in a massive drug shipment to the United States ...