House GOP turns to Oliver North on Afghanistan

[DearAbby]

House Republicans have a new foreign policy adviser with a controversial pedigree: Oliver North.

North, an aide on Ronald Reagan's National Security Council who is best known for his role in the Iran-Contra scheme to sell arms to Iran and divert the funds to Nicaraguan revolutionaries in the 1980s, was the special guest at a House Republican Conference meeting on Tuesday. North was convicted on three counts related to the Iran-Contra scandal and his efforts to cover it up, but the convictions were later overturned.

North’s mission: Relay his insights into the U.S. involvement in Afghanistan, where he recently visited.

North's message reinforced the advice of Gen. Stanley McChrystal, who wants to add tens of thousands of troops in Afghanistan.

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http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1009/28808.html

[DearAbby]

1. Pinch me, Its a joke, right? n/t

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

2. Seems appropriate. A felon to sell an illegal war.

[Echo In Light]

6. Hey, so long as there's no "shredding" involved

[Javaman]

3. why? so he can smuggle weapons to the al qaeda while making a profit from

the mexican drug lords?

[uppityperson]

4. oh good grief. Makes sense in a really twisted way.

:banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead:

[DearAbby]

5. It does, doesn't it?

[DearAbby]

7. Kick

[mdmc]

8. treason makes poor foreign policy

:shrug:

[DearAbby]

9. Evening Kick

[struggle4progress]

10. The Oliver North File (National Security Archive 2004)

His Diaries, E-Mail, and Memos on the Kerry Report, Contras and Drugs
National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 113
February 26, 2004
... The Kerry subcommittee did not report that U.S. government officials ran drugs, but rather, that Mr. North, then on the National Security Council staff at the White House, and other senior officials created a privatized contra network that attracted drug traffickers looking for cover for their operations, then turned a blind eye to repeated reports of drug smuggling related to the contras, and actively worked with known drug smugglers such as Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega to assist the contras ... http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB113/

[Proud Liberal Dem]

11. Hope that works out for them

:eyes: :rofl: (well, you know what I mean.....)

[mikeSchmuckabee]

12. I hear Fawn Hall

is smuggling Hamid Karzai to Pakistan in her underwear.