Posted on 02/09/2006 8:29:47 PM PST by smoothsailing
Yes I do and he is a very handsome man :)
He looks like lurch to my eyes.
You are suffering from foot in mouth disease.......You are a veritable cesspool of verbiage. You are a REAL Richard Head.
(Star,that's a great pic of you and Ollie! :)
ROFL -- very funny -- yes, I clicked.
I stayed up for it, and yes, it was worth it!
No, I haven't.
BTW, I was only able to listen to about 20 minutes of Tom Sullivan subbing for Rush today. Had a team lunch meeting. Got out of the car just when Tom went to a break, holding a caller from New Orleans over the break. The caller was claiming that Tom & others weren't telling the truth about the levees, money that had been allocated for the levees, etc. Did you hear how Tom answered him?
Its kinda funny how you guys can make all these assumptions about a total stranger online yet you cant even accept the straight history about Oliver North. I personally think rewarding terrorists for kidnapping Americans is the height of treason, no matter what the motive. I think you guys miss that because you've made the guy into some sort of movie star, he betrayed his oath, his president and our nation - thats enough for me.
It's a very good nonfiction account of some things that happened during the Vietnam war. A military officer recommended hubby read it for a research paper he was doing. Oliver North was a character witness for one of the accused, and that person got off. It was an enlightening read.
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North was a character witness,that is correct.But do you know for whom? And do you know why?
Yes, I read the book.
What was your assessment of North's testimony?
IIRC, they were caught as they approached his house. I don't know what happened to them after that, but I think the one who sent them to kill Colonel North and his family was Abu Nidal.
My take on what happened was that Colonel North wanted to repay someone who had saved his life during war by being a character witness for him. It disturbed me greatly that the ones who were following orders and did not have such a defender were convicted but their leader who was right there with them was found not guilty. As far as North's testimony goes, I would have to read the book again. It's been several years, and I don't remember specifics.
North, a 1st Lt. at the time of Son Thang, was virtually unknown to the general public then.The courts martial of the five Marines were publicized at the time, but nothing like the publicity the My Lai horrors generated.
North didn't have to involve himself at all.He was a young officer,a West Pointer, and had a fine record and a promising future.
His going to bat that way for Private Herrod, showed his good character and the sense of duty he felt to a fellow Marine.I read the book about 7 years ago and although North plays a small but significant part in the trial, it re-inforced my opinion of him.
He's a solid guy, and someone I would be proud to have served with back then.
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