Do You Remember.......
It is so easy for America to find one person to place the blame
for events or happenings within our country, such as our
President, and not only our present leader but those in the past
as well have suffered this same fate. We fail to look at the
entire spectrum before us, or should we say "behind and before
us".
This was brought to my attention and I thought you might be
interested in this forgotten bit of information..........
Recently, at a lecture, playing an old news video of Lt.Col.
Oliver North testifying at the Iran-Contra hearings during the
Reagan Administration, the year was 1987.
Being questioned by a Senator, getting the third degree, Oliver
North's words a shock!
Senator: "Did you not recently spend close to $60,000 for a home
security system?"
Mr North: "Yes, I did, Sir."
Senator (amusingly): "Isn't that just a little excessive?"
Mr. North: "No, sir."
Senator: "No? And why not?"
Mr. North: "Because the lives of my family and I were
threatened, sir."
Senator: "Threatened? By whom?"
Mr. North: "By a terrorist, sir."
Senator: "Terrorist? What terrorist could possibly scare you
that much?"
Mr. North: "His name is Osama Bin Laden, sir."
Senator (trying to repeat the name Osama Bin Laden, but failed
to pronounce it. Laughter at the Senator's attempt): Why are you
so afraid of this man?"
Mr. North: "Because, sir, he is the most evil person alive that
I know of."
Senator: "And what do you recommend we do about him?"
Mr. North: "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."
Senator disagreeing with this proposal, the clip ended.
The Senator: Al Gore!
Another Past to Present:
Terrorist "Pilot" Mohammad Atta blew up a bus in Israel in 1986.
The Israelis captured, tried and imprisoned him. As part of the
Oslo agreement with the Palestinians in 1993, Israel had to
agree to release so-called "political prisoners."
However, the Israelis refused to release prisoners with blood on
their hands. In term as President of the United States, Bill
Clinton, and his Secretary of State, Warren Christopher,
"insisted" that all prisoners be released.
Therefore, the "Pilot", Mohammad Atta was released and
eventually boarding a US airplane and flying into Tower One of
the World Trade Center. This was reported by many of the
American TV networks at the time that the terrorist were first
identified. Of course, we all know he had to have felt extreme
guilt for his actions against the country that "insisted" upon
his release.
Later, all reports relating to this incident were censored in
the US.
The curiousity within me questions: How many will continue to
refuse reality? How many will fight against the realization
because they need that one person to blame, that one person in
which to distribute all their fear and anger? When will they
accept that there are many more to blame, many more shoulders to
carry the burden?