[Pelham]

Singlaub actually procured arms for the contras. And did it without enmeshing President Reagan in a major scandal. North delivered very few weapons to the contras, and succeeded mostly in making himself a celebrity. As I recall Singlaub was OSS, and put his butt on the line in ways that Ollie never did.

[Trollstomper]

"Singlaub actually procured arms for the contras. And did it without enmeshing President Reagan in a major scandal. North delivered very few weapons to the contras, and succeeded mostly in making himself a celebrity. As I recall Singlaub was OSS, and put his butt on the line in ways that Ollie never did."


Precisely!! And he did so at less cost, legally and dropped them where they were supposed to be; also of the right caliber which, as some of you might know, matters quite a bit. He led the OSS jump for Casey into France, the "Jedbergs", to support the Resistance; he did the same from China, and Japan -- where with a company he took the surrender of the largest US POW camp which was defended by something like a divsion -- to Vietnam, where he ran MACSOGV, and then to the Command of US Forces Korea.

General Singlaub's got more metal in his body than Ollie does on his chest. But the chest is what counts to young men; stick it out and thump it hard.

Ah the young and restless young men; so little they know of what they don't know. But if they persist in their folly, as Blake said, they might become wise.