Tom Brokaw on Imus just said he thinks Iran Contra bigger than this

[merbex]

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Because "you had a whole rogue group defying Congress"!!!???

Uh Tom, we have a rogue group publicly identified by Powell's chief of staff as a cabal going on here

Not big enough for you?

[Wetzelbill]

1. Brokaw has become so risk averse....

He doesn't rock the boat at all because he already has a legacy. He just lumps along with the status quo.

[halobeam]

2. Agreed.... doesn't want to be "Rathered".....

so he'll just be safe. Nice, huh? He choses himself over his country. Just another one.

[bahrbearian]

3. That's like saying " Iraq isn't as bad as Viet Nam"

You'd think that at some time you might learn your lessons.

[kentuck]

4. I think Tom Brokaw is wrong.

Iran Contra was bad in the way they abused the laws, betrayed our country, lied to Congress. But, we did not invade Iran and lose 2000 troops in an unnecessary war - a war of choice. And they lied to Congress and the American people also. This is as close to treason as you can get and not cross the line.

[Hubert Flottz]

6. More people are dead over this than over Iran Contra.

An entire division in number of American soldiers dead or wounded this time round! Hell, this might even be worse than Monica and a whole damned box of White Owls!

[Boo Boo]

5. That's because Brokaw isn't all that bright.

Brokaw wasn't getting paid for his ability to think hard. You don't have to listen to that guy for very long to realize that he's not bringing much in the way of intellectual horsepower to the party. Like a lot of people, it's easy to get him to repeat slogans and talking points; he let's others do the thinking for him.

[The Backlash Cometh]

12. Maybe he's computer illiterate and doesn't know how to find his

way to the blogs?

[cynatnite]

7. Brokaw is a snob...

That's how I see him. He's out for himself. At least Brokaw and Jennings were real reporters. Brokaw never really was, IMO.

[BuyingThyme]

8. This IS Iran-Contra.

[mmonk]

9. Forget the press, it doesn't exist in the new America

and this is a fight for the generations.

[FloridaPat]

10. How many US soldiers died because of Iran Contra? None that I

know of. Lots of Iraqi and Iranians died because of our meddling. Lots of people in Nicaragua. I think that's the country getting the weapons too. And it wasn't costing $1.5 billion a week.

[deutsey]

11. It just shows what an insular little bubble world he and his ilk are in

[Zynx]

13. Iran-Contra was a bigger constitutional nightmare.

You can't have the executive branch just getting up and deciding that it won't obey a direct Congressional order.

This has the potential of being larger if it is proved that the Bushes, as I believe they did, launched a campaign to sell forged documents to the American public and Congress to "make the case" for war.

[cynatnite]

14. Gergen said Watergate was bigger than this...

Couldn't hack listening to him anymore and switched to CNN. :puke: