Remember This?
It was 1987! At a lecture the other day they were playing an
old news
video of Lt.Col. Oliver North testifying at the Iran-Contra hearings
during
the
Reagan Administration.
There was Ollie in front of God and country getting the third
degree,
but what he said was stunning!
He was being drilled by a senator; "Did you not recently spend
close
to
$60,000 for a home security system?"
Ollie replied, "Yes, I did, Sir."
The senator continued, trying to get a laugh out of the
audience, "Isn't
that just a little excessive?"
"No, sir," continued Ollie.
"No? And why not?" the senator asked.
"Because the lives of my family and I were threatened, sir."
"Threatened? By whom?" the senator questioned.
"By a terrorist, sir" Ollie answered.
"Terrorist? What terrorist could possibly scare you that much?"
"His name is Osama bin Laden, sir" Ollie replied.
At this point the senator tried to repeat the name, but
couldn't
pronounce it, which most people back then probably couldn't. A couple
of
people
laughed at the attempt. Is this the same Guy who couldn't spell Potato. Then the senator continued. Why are you so
afraid of
this man?" the senator asked.
"Because, sir, he is the most evil person alive that I know
of", Ollie
answered.
"And what do you recommend we do about him?" asked the senator.
"Well, sir, if it was up to me, I would recommend that an
assassin
team
be formed to eliminate him and his men from the face of the earth."
The senator disagreed with this approach, and that was all that
was
shown of the clip.
By the way, that senator was Al Gore