[b]rainman[/b] and [b]mattja[/b], Oliver North is a great American patriot.
Iran at the time was not, nor will it ever be a [b]'mortal'[/b] enemy of the United States - it is simply an enemy at the present time.
If President Reagan determined that overtures should be made to folks who were identified by the intelligence services as being 'moderate' Iranians seeking a dialogue with the US and who may have been able to obtain the release of the American hostages then being held in Lebanon, Col. Oliver North was faithfully discharging his duty as a Marine officer.
He was obeying what he believed to be the lawful orders of the President. Period.
That he was wrong, misunderstood what was needed, or anything else, it does not detract from what he did, in good conscience for his country.
The so-called 'Iran-Contra' scandal was largely the making of the liberal, anti-US, media.
When all of the details were carefully and painstakingly described to the American people by the liberal media and its pundits, they collectively said 'And....???', and President Reagan left office with the highest approval rating of any President in modern times.
I trust the American people on this one.
Insofar as Mark Fuhrman is concerned, I think he was an excellent detective, and had the other detectives followed his directives at the scene at Nicole's residence at South Bundy, OJ would possibly be in prison today.
He left them his notes, telling them about the bloody thumbprint on the back gate - they did not read his notes and completely missed the bloody thumbprint!
He was an [u]incredibly[/u] unprepared witness at the trial, however, but that is Marcia Clark and her lover's fault for not preparing him better.
If anyone ever asks you if you have used the derogatory term 'nigger' in a court of law, the only correct answer is 'I can't recall.'
There is no way to impeach [u]that[/u]!
Take a lesson from Bill and Hillary! In her deposition, that lasted two hours, Hillary used the phrase 'I can't recall' or a similar response 130 times!
One of the government prosecutors later said it was something that he had only heard that often when interrogating Mafia figures!
Eric The(YouLive,YouLearn,Hopefully)Hun[>]:)]