McCain linked to group in Iran-Contra affair

[bridgit]

'WASHINGTON -- Republican Sen. John McCain served on the advisory board to the U.S. chapter of an international group linked to ultra-right-wing death squads in Central America in the 1980s.

The U.S. Council for World Freedom also aided rebels trying to overthrow the leftist government of Nicaragua. That landed the group in the middle of the Iran-Contra affair and in legal trouble with the Internal Revenue Service, which revoked the charitable organization's tax exemption.

The council created by retired Army Maj. Gen. John Singlaub was the U.S. chapter of the World Anti-Communist League, an international organization linked to former Nazi collaborators and ultra-right-wing death squads in Central America. After setting up the U.S. council, Singlaub served as the international league's chairman.'

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/latin-america-and-caribbean-politics/story/716035.html

[AlCzervik]

1. it's ok because they're Ultra right wing death squads, he gets a pass.

oy and the names in there, it's like flashback to St. Ronnie minus the trippy drugs. the 80's sucked ass.

[bridgit]

2. ah yes, it's the 'ultra' i'm sure and don't you know it; these names are like stepping in dog shit

you scrape, rub your shoes on a concrete curb or grass, do the mashed potato in dirt, and still the stink is there wafting round the living room it's time for the garden hose and several serious Glade plug-ins

[AlCzervik]

3. when all those guys croak i'm going to the funeral to check their caskets just in case

and i'll be bringing a stake with me just in case.

[bridgit]

4. i'll bring the mallet...

;)

[Mme. Defarge]

5. So f*ing what?!

The fact is that the entire Reagan-Bush adminstration wasn't impeached, convicted and marched out of the White House in orange jumpsuits and sent to the slammer; the fact is that Clinton gave them all a free pass so that they could come back and destroy the democracy that my dad defended by living in a fox hole in France and Germany during WWII, enduring unspeakable suffering.

Iran-Contra? What a pathetic joke. What a complete failure of our government. Whatever John McCain's involvement, he has a free pass due to the criminal negiligence -- the depraved indifference to human life, as exhibited by the incompetence and/or malevolence of our elected officials.

[bridgit]

6. Ah, you're probably right; it's all Clinton's fault