Amazing Historic Mistake

[Roy]

EDIT ~ I KNEW THAT IF THIS WEREN'T TRUE, SOMEONE WOULD BE ABLE TO PROVE IT. RADAR1797 PROVIDED THE LINK. THANKS!

Www.snopes2.com/rumors/north.htm

... What if ?

Subject: 14 years ago ...

Anyone remember this? It was 1987 ...

At a lecture the other day they played 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?"

"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.

(If anyone is interested, the senator was none other than Al Gore.)

[Makaveli]

Wow...They should have gone through with it! Could have saved many many lives..

-MaK

Wow, I would love to see that clip.

This would have been very bad for Mr Gore had he become President.

[RADAR1797]

Rumor

http://www.snopes2.com/rumors/north.htm

-RADAR

Well, now that explains why no one else had remember any mention of OSB from an otherwise very memorable event in American history.

The story is still very entertaining, even if it's not factual.

[Kuasimodem]

FROM THE DESK OF LTCOL OLIVER L. NORTH (USMC) RET.
NOVEMBER 28, 2001

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I was kinda hoping it was true...but I guess it's not...

[Scorpio69]

Wow...They should have gone through with it! Could have saved many many lives..

At the risk of opening a can of worms, I must disagree. Terrorism has been around millenia longer than Osama, and would be alive and well without him. Somewhere in the world is someone who would love to take his place.

[Richard Cranium]

INTERESTING->>

" 4. I NEVER SAID I WAS AFRAID OF ANYBODY. I DID SAY THAT I WOULD BE GLAD TO MEET ABU NIDAL ON EQUAL TERMS ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD BUT THAT I WAS UNWILLING TO HAVE HIM OR HIS OPERATIVES MEET MY WIFE AND CHILDREN ON HIS TERMS.

5. I DID SAY THAT THE TERRORISTS INTERCEPTED BY THE FBI ON THE WAY TO MY HOUSE IN FEB. 87 TO KILL MY WIFE, CHILDREN AND ME WERE LIBYANS, DISPATCHED FROM THE PEOPLE'S COMMITTEE FOR LIBYAN STUDENTS IN MCLEAN, VIRGINIA.

6. AND I DID SAY THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAD MOVED MY FAMILY OUT OF OUR HOME TO A MILITARY BASE (CAMP LEJEUNE, NC) UNTIL THEY COULD DISPATCH MORE THAN 30 AGENTS TO PROTECT MY FAMILY FROM THOSE TERRORISTS (BECAUSE A LIBERAL FEDERAL JUDGE HAD ALLOWED THE LYBIAN ASSASSINS TO POST BOND AND THEY FLED).

7. AND, FYI: THOSE FEDERAL AGENTS REMAINED AT OUR HOME UNTIL I RETIRED FROM THE MARINES AND WAS NO LONGER A "GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL." BY THEN, THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT HAD SPENT MORE THAN $2M PROTECTING THE NORTH FAMILY. THE TERRORISTS SENT TO KILL US WERE NEVER RE-APPREHENDED.

SEMPER FIDELIS,
OLIVER L. NORTH

http://www.northamerican.com/EMAIL_RESPONSE.htm

[Makaveli]

At the risk of opening a can of worms, I must disagree. Terrorism has been around millenia longer than Osama, and would be alive and well without him. Somewhere in the world is someone who would love to take his place.

Good point...