Ollie North and Osama; read this, it;s funny

[MattTheSkywalker]

the following is the actual testimony from Lt. Col. North before the Senate at the Iran contra hearings.


> > At a lecture the other day they played 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
> > some 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.
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > (If anyone is interested, the senator was none other
> > than Al Gore)
> >

 

[beastboy]

Actually I heard that entire story is true except that he said someone else's name instead of Osama. It is on a website that disproves allot of those type of chain emails.

 

[frorider6]

Yeah, I smelled an urban legend too.

 

[WODIN]

http://www.northamerican.com/EMAIL_RESPONSE.htm


FROM THE DESK OF LTCOL OLIVER L. NORTH (USMC) RET.
NOVEMBER 28, 2001
OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS, I HAVE RECEIVED SEVERAL THOUSAND E-MAILS FROM EVERY STATE IN THE U.S. AND 13 FOREIGN COUNTRIES IN WHICH THE ORIGINATOR PURPORTS TO HAVE RECENTLY VIEWED A VIDEOTAPE OF MY SWORN TESTIMONY BEFORE A CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE IN 1987.

A COPY OF ONE OF THOSE E-MAILS IS ATTACHED BELOW. AS YOU WILL NOTE, THE ORIGINATOR ATTRIBUTES TO ME CERTAIN STATEMENTS REGARDING USAMA BIN LADEN AND OTHER MATTERS THAT ARE SIMPLY INACCURATE. THOUGH I WOULD LIKE TO CLAIM THE GIFT OF PROPHESY, I
DON'T HAVE IT.

I DON'T KNOW WHO SAW WHAT VIDEO "AT UNC." (OR ANYWHERE ELSE) BUT, FOR THE RECORD, HERE'S WHAT I DO KNOW:

1. IT WAS THE COMMITTEE COUNSEL, JOHN NIELDS, NOT A SENATOR WHO WAS DOING THE QUESTIONING.

2. THE SECURITY SYSTEM, INSTALLED AT MY HOME, JUST BEFORE I MADE A VERY SECRET TRIP TO TEHRAN, COST, ACCORDING TO THE COMMITTEE, $16K, NOT $60K.

3. THE TERRORIST WHO THREATENED TO KILL ME IN 1986, JUST BEFORE THAT SECRET TRIP TO TEHRAN, WAS NOT USAMA BIN LADEN, IT WAS ABU NIDAL (WHO WORKS FOR THE LIBYANS -- NOT THE TALIBAN AND NOT IN AFGHANISTAN).

4. I NEVER SAID I WAS AFRAID OF ANYBODY. I DID SAY THAT I WOULD BE GLAD TO MEET ABU NIDAL ON EQUAL TERMS ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD BUT THAT I WAS UNWILLING TO HAVE HIM OR HIS OPERATIVES MEET MY WIFE AND CHILDREN ON HIS TERMS.

5. I DID SAY THAT THE TERRORISTS INTERCEPTED BY THE FBI ON THE WAY TO MY HOUSE IN FEB. 87 TO KILL MY WIFE, CHILDREN AND ME WERE LIBYANS, DISPATCHED FROM THE PEOPLE'S COMMITTEE FOR LIBYAN STUDENTS IN MCLEAN, VIRGINIA.

6. AND I DID SAY THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAD MOVED MY FAMILY OUT OF OUR HOME TO A MILITARY BASE (CAMP LEJEUNE, NC) UNTIL THEY COULD DISPATCH MORE THAN 30 AGENTS TO PROTECT MY FAMILY FROM THOSE TERRORISTS (BECAUSE A LIBERAL FEDERAL JUDGE HAD ALLOWED THE LYBIAN ASSASSINS TO POST BOND AND THEY FLED).

7. AND, FYI: THOSE FEDERAL AGENTS REMAINED AT OUR HOME UNTIL I RETIRED FROM THE MARINES AND WAS NO LONGER A "GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL." BY THEN, THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT HAD SPENT MORE THAN $2M PROTECTING THE NORTH FAMILY. THE TERRORISTS SENT TO KILL US WERE NEVER RE-APPREHENDED.

SEMPER FIDELIS, OLIVER L. NORTH

 

[MattTheSkywalker]

Fro -

this is all true.

 

[WODIN]

Fro -

this is all true.

*Cough BULLSHIT Cough*

Smurfs Rule!!!

 

[MattTheSkywalker]

wodin

You're killing me.

North is that stiff, and Gore is that much of a jackass.

 

[WODIN]

wodin

You're killing me.

North is that stiff, and Gore is that much of a jackass.

LOL!!!

Yeah that is true.