Thinkin of you guys today & found this. Ditto from oz on last two lines.

[The General]

You Might Not Remember 1987......

But, I had forgotten all of this. 

Do you remember when the senators were giving Ollie North such a bad time? 

I hope this brings it all into perspective!!!!!

Have a great day

Do you remember 1987......

Thought 

you might be interested in this forgotten bit 

of information.........

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.

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!


Also:

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 would not release
any with blood on their hands. 

The American
President at the time,

Bill Clinton,
and his Secretary of State,

Warren Christopher
'insisted' that all prisoners be
released.

Thus Mohammad Atta was freed

and eventually thanked us

by flying an airplane into Tower One of the
World   Trade Center.

This was reported by many

of the American TV networks at the time
that the terrorists were first
identified.

It was censored in the US

from all later
reports.


If you agree that

the American public should be made
aware of this fact,

pass this on..

Do Not Break-it is 8 years strong.




This

is  why I always say I love  YOU....




This has not been broken since 9/11/01,
please
keep it going...

This has been kept alive and moving since 9/11.

In memory of
all those who perished this morning;

The passengers and the pilots

on the United Air and AA flights,

the workers in the World Trade Center and

the Pentagon, and all the innocent bystanders.

Our prayers go out to the families

and friends of the deceased.

[Pat Conlon]

Thanks Doug.... and do not forget your fellow countrymen who fight side by side with us ....God bless them and their families.

I am convinced that America has no better friend in the world, than your country.

[dbelch]

our thoughts and prayers are with those who have suffered personal loss on 9/11...we also share in the grief of a world of innocence lost...it has affected us all in ways that will never be measured.