Remember This? It was 1987! 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 ans! wered. "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?" the senator asked. "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. By the way, that senator was Al Gore!
That was Abu Nidal not OBL.
I remember the fake story of this.
That sure shows where the Dems were in 1987...against a Republican Administration....and stuff like Osama was a big joke to Mr. Gore. I'd say they were pro-terrorist. Sh** on our guys...Nothing has changed. They're doing the same thing with the wiretap cr**...except that it's to protect ALL OF US...not just Lt. Col. Oliver North.
The Oliver North / Bin Laden story is actually an urban legend. Sorry. See http://www.snopes.com/rumors/north.asp for Col. North's own account of what was said.
Your story is true but Ollie didn't say Osama Bin Laden, he said Abu Nidal, who by the way was killed in Iraq by Sadaam's forces in the run-up to the current war.