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[–] cybervseas@lemmy.world 33 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Ollie North. Now that's a name I haven't heard in a long time.

[–] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I wish I was so lucky.

[–] WHARRGARBL@lemmy.world 28 points 2 weeks ago

Ollie North is also the face of the US government’s war on Central American democracy, the brutal consequences of which affect the Americas to this day.

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 26 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Not that he wasn't guilty, but Reagan was and Ollie was the sacrificial war hawk.

[–] logicbomb@lemmy.world 16 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah, that's when a lot of people learned the term "plausible deniability."

[–] killeronthecorner@lemmy.world 24 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)
[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 16 points 2 weeks ago
[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 12 points 2 weeks ago

"I don't recall" - Reagan

[–] gnutrino@programming.dev 10 points 2 weeks ago

You can't mention Ollie North without linking this banger

[–] griff@lemmings.world 8 points 2 weeks ago

overgrown Boy Scout got old

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 weeks ago

Wow that guy is still alive, and he’s on Fox News?

[–] UltraMagnus0001@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Heard about him in Killer Mike's Reagan song. Great song

Oliver North, a retired Marine Lieutenant Colonel, played a key role in the Iran-Contra affair, a major political scandal during the Reagan administration. He was involved in the sale of weapons to Iran, with the profits being diverted to support the Contras in Nicaragua, despite a congressional ban on funding the Contras.