[hchutch]

Let me see, all Poindexter did was lie to Democrats who had been notorious for leaking info to the press (Leahy coms to mind).

Iran-contra, come to think of it, was not such a bad op after all. We sold the Iranians outdated equipment as highly inflated prices, got some of the hostages out of the hands of terrorists in Lebanon, bled Saddam a little, and then used the proceeds to fund the freedom fighters in Nicaragua in their efforts against the Sandinistas. Incidentally, the Sandinistas were probably helping to run drugs into the U.S., so taking them out was not a bad thing, IMHO.

All in all, it was a pretty neat idea.

[Native American Female Vet]

It is ok to lie to Congress? He lied and he covered up and it does not matter why. Those kinds of people are the type I thought we here on FR wanted out of government.

[WhiskeyPapa]

Iran-contra, come to think of it, was not such a bad op after all. We sold the Iranians outdated equipment as highly inflated prices, got some of the hostages out of the hands of terrorists in Lebanon, bled Saddam a little, and then used the proceeds to fund the freedom fighters in Nicaragua in their efforts against the Sandinistas. Incidentally, the Sandinistas were probably helping to run drugs into the U.S., so taking them out was not a bad thing, IMHO.

The fly in the butter milk is that the executive branch raised and spent money in direct contravention of the Constitution.

And yes, Reagan was briefed and he okayed every bit of it.

Walt

[drjimmy]

Iran-contra, come to think of it, was not such a bad op after all. We sold the Iranians outdated equipment as highly inflated prices, got some of the hostages out of the hands of terrorists in Lebanon, bled Saddam a little, and then used the proceeds to fund the freedom fighters in Nicaragua in their efforts against the Sandinistas.
Yeah, good thing we hoodwinked those Iranians back then and bled Saddam, or today they might be two-thirds of an axis of evil. Ooops!

[ConservativeDude]

and the Boland Amendment is unconstitutional...