[Dixie Yooper]

"Actually, Colonel North stepped in front of President Reagan and took a bullet for him."

Your referring to his first testimony that he made when he was wearing the Marine uniform. Weeks after that he cut a deal with the senate that kept him out of jail and returned to testify in a blue suit saying it was all Reagan and Bush's orders.

[seanmerc]

If you don't like Oliver North, that's fine for you, but can you take it to another thread (instead of hijacking this one)? This discussion is about the New York Times and their indefensible betrayal of the American people. The issue is not Oliver North or Iran-Contra. You may or may not approve of his actions during the Reagan Administration, but that's not the point here. If you have something to say about the issues Lt Col North raised in his column, that would be germane. An anti-North diatribe is not germane.