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To: bentway who wrote (960724)	9/3/2016 3:18:51 AM
From: RMF	Respond to of 1574753

Wow, I didn't know the Iran Contra thing had ever gotten to those levels. I was actually out trying to make a living at that time. That was also before the internet I believe. Another reason the internet probably hasn't benefited the general population that much. When Iran Contra happened people weren't that fired up about it. I knew about it and I figured they were shifting money around to get the hostages out and to fund "freedom" fighters in S. America. Seemed like pretty standard operating procedure in Washington. Can you imagine if the internet had been around then??? Now, that the internet IS around this Clinton e-mail thing goes on and on and on. People in the U.S. are very SOFT. They've never been invaded or attacked so they think they are totally safe and so everything should be PERFECT. To them the idea that the Russians or Chinese could NUKE us and wipe us out doesn't even seem worthy of a thought. It' like the people living in California that love the weather and never give a thought to the San Andreas fault. Or the people living in the U.S. that never even consider that one of the Biggest Calderas in the World lies right under one of our most popular national parks. One of the Russian Defense guys said a few months ago that they wouldn't have to hit the U.S. with more than ONE nuke. Just one into that caldera would FINISH the U.S.