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Politics : America Under Siege: The End of Innocence
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To: lorne who wrote (10299)11/11/2001 9:15:41 PM
From: Captain Jack  Read Replies (1) of 27666
 
A little history on a friend...
Subject: Remember ( Oliver North ? ) RE: Bin Laden...

>At a UNC lecture the other day they played this
>video of Oliver North during the Iran-Contra deals during the
>Reagan Administration.
>
>There was Ollie in front of God and Country getting the third
>degree. But what he said stunned everyone. He was being grilled
by
>some senator who asked him, "Did you not
>recently spend close to $60,000 for a home security system?"
>
>Oliver replied, "Yes I did, Sir."
>
>The senator continued, trying to get a laugh out of the
>audience, "Isn't this just a little excessive?"
>
>"No sir," continued Oliver.
>
>"No. And why not?"
>
>"Because the life of my family and I were threatened."
>
>"Threatened? By who."
>
>"By a terrorist, sir."
>
>"Terrorist? What terrorist could possibly scare you
>that much?"
>
>"His name is Osama bin Laden."
>
>At this point the senator tried to repeat the name, but
>couldn't pronounce it. 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."
>
>"And what do you recommend we do about him?"
>
>"If it were me I would recommend 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
>they showed of the clip.
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