To: kellynla
Colonel Oliver North: did he really warn America about the threat of Osama bin Laden back in the 1980s? Could have. We were supporting the Muja-hadhin in Afghanistan against the Soviet Union occupation. In particular, we were giving $$ to OBL and his group. It turned out to be one of those "blow-back" situations. I'm sure not a few people in the military and intelligence agencies had serious misgivings even back then.
3 posted on
11/01/2005 5:35:44 PM PST by
podkane
To: podkane
No, its not blow-back. It's just good old fashioned betrayal. We helped them when they needed it, and they stabbed us in the back. It's who they are.
And BTW: Ollie testified to congress in the 80's about Abu Nidal, not OBL. Nidal, coincidentally, was living out his retirement in Baghdad until about 2003 when he was mysteriously killed. Bummer for him.
7 posted on
11/01/2005 5:45:20 PM PST by
Ramius
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To: podkane
Colonel Oliver North: did he really warn America about the threat of Osama bin Laden back in the 1980s? Could have. Someone clipped a quote about Abu Nidal.
24 posted on
11/01/2005 10:14:45 PM PST by
lepton
("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
To: podkane
In particular, we were giving $$ to OBL and his group. Completely not true.
25 posted on
11/01/2005 10:15:45 PM PST by
lepton
("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
To: podkane
Nope. He was talking about Abu Nidal...
32 posted on
11/02/2005 6:39:19 AM PST by
Little Ray
(I'm a reactionary, hirsute, gun-owning, knuckle dragging, Christian Neanderthal and proud of it!)
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