An Anon a while ago pointed to me that the whole Iran-Contra affair was a desperate WH operation to ensure Nicaragua did not fall into the deep state control. Thats why its one of the few countries that we dont hear a peep from while the rest in that region are overrun by cartels.
Also, he did not sell missiles, just arms - thats just a point of order. Not justifying any sales of arms to Iran, but Congress very strongly withheld any funds to stabilise Nicaragua and this was a desperate measure.
When I look back at the Iran-Contra scandal with the perspective I have today, I see it in a new light. I didn’t realize it at the time, but Colonel North was running a counter operation against the DS.
The cards had been stacked against the Contra Rebels in Nicaragua paving the way for a communist takeover. Had he only supplied weapons to Iran for their war against Iraq. I believe he would’ve never been charged.
The reason the Democrats went after him so hard is he worked around their embargo against the pro democracy Contras to the point they were actually able to stave off the communist takeover of Nicaragua..
There is actually more to unpack in that
scenario, but I believe it’s the only real reason they went after him.
This all became apparent in a couple of plane crashes, one of them being flown by Barry Seals, friend of G.H.W. Bush, and former pilot in the Golden Triangle trafficking called Operation Phoenix. Opium explains the nomer 'Poppy' Bush.
These pilots came home and some were recruited into forming the Hell's Angels, named after a movie about W.W. II pilots. Their acts earn them their 'wings'. They were used to traffick drugs, collection agent and enforcement arm for TPTB.
Thanks my fren, digging into Barry Seals paints a remarkable picture:
From Grok:
Connection to the Iran-Contra affairIran-Contra involved the Reagan administration secretly selling arms to Iran (to free hostages) and diverting the proceeds to fund the Contras—bypassing a congressional ban (the Boland Amendment). Seal’s role was indirect but notable in the broader anti-Sandinista efforts:The 1984 Nicaragua sting operation: As a DEA informant, Seal flew a camera-equipped C-123K cargo plane (with reported CIA technical assistance on the cameras) into Nicaragua. He obtained photos purporting to show Sandinista officials helping load cocaine from the MedellĂn Cartel. The Reagan White House (including Oliver North, the key Iran-Contra figure) used these images in public statements and briefings to portray the Sandinistas as drug traffickers and build support for the Contras. The photos were leaked to the press (the Kerry Committee later blamed North for politicizing the operation).
The C-123K “Fat Lady” plane: One of Seal’s C-123K cargo planes (which he had used in the sting and later traded/sold) ended up in the hands of Oliver North’s covert Contra resupply network. On October 5, 1986, this exact plane was shot down over Nicaragua while delivering arms to the Contras. Survivor Eugene Hasenfus was captured, and documents in the wreckage linked the operation to the U.S. government. This incident was the spark that blew the Iran-Contra scandal wide open.
Mena, Arkansas operations: Seal based some smuggling and plane modification work at Mena Intermountain Airport. FBI records confirm he used it for cocaine smuggling in the early 1980s. Allegations (investigated but never fully proven in court) claim the CIA tolerated or used similar routes for arms to the Contras, with drugs coming back—tying into broader Iran-Contra-era claims of U.S. government complicity in drug trafficking to fund the rebels. Official probes (like the Kerry Committee) examined CIA-drug links but found no conclusive high-level conspiracy involving Bush personally.
So Barry Seal was instrumental in Reagan admin being able to help the contras, but was also instrumental in blowing the fuse to the whole operation.
AND, he was part of the Mena, Arkansas drug smuggling - some interesting dig about that as well.
North's convictions were overturned. He never served time. I have a signed copy of his book. I think he only did what he was ordered to do, and I don't even know what he actually did in reality, as I wasn't paying attention to that stuff when it happened.
Hezbollah took Americans hostage and kept them in Lebanon. Reagan ordered North to sell Iran missiles in exchange for giving us our hostages back (hence the Arms for Hostages moniker). Then Iran took more Americans. That's actually where the "we don't negotiate with terrorists" came from.
We took the profits from the missile sales and gave it to the Contras, who were fighting the Sandanistas (govt in Nicaragua) - who were socialists. This is why the MSM called the whole scandal "Iran Contra".
Some context. We sold mostly TOW missiles to Iran thru Israel. And spare parts. Iraq Iran war had started in 1980. We sold to both sides. We are the largest arms dealer on the planet. Iran had an aging war machine from the Shah days. A military supplied by us. We wanted this war to drag on. And the kicker? We also wanted off the books money to fight communism in South America.
I for one have no problem with this affair. We were in a world of fighting commies. And the dems supported the commies every chance they got.
An Anon a while ago pointed to me that the whole Iran-Contra affair was a desperate WH operation to ensure Nicaragua did not fall into the deep state control. Thats why its one of the few countries that we dont hear a peep from while the rest in that region are overrun by cartels.
Also, he did not sell missiles, just arms - thats just a point of order. Not justifying any sales of arms to Iran, but Congress very strongly withheld any funds to stabilise Nicaragua and this was a desperate measure.
When I look back at the Iran-Contra scandal with the perspective I have today, I see it in a new light. I didn’t realize it at the time, but Colonel North was running a counter operation against the DS.
The cards had been stacked against the Contra Rebels in Nicaragua paving the way for a communist takeover. Had he only supplied weapons to Iran for their war against Iraq. I believe he would’ve never been charged.
The reason the Democrats went after him so hard is he worked around their embargo against the pro democracy Contras to the point they were actually able to stave off the communist takeover of Nicaragua..
There is actually more to unpack in that scenario, but I believe it’s the only real reason they went after him.
This all became apparent in a couple of plane crashes, one of them being flown by Barry Seals, friend of G.H.W. Bush, and former pilot in the Golden Triangle trafficking called Operation Phoenix. Opium explains the nomer 'Poppy' Bush.
These pilots came home and some were recruited into forming the Hell's Angels, named after a movie about W.W. II pilots. Their acts earn them their 'wings'. They were used to traffick drugs, collection agent and enforcement arm for TPTB.
Thanks my fren, digging into Barry Seals paints a remarkable picture:
From Grok:
So Barry Seal was instrumental in Reagan admin being able to help the contras, but was also instrumental in blowing the fuse to the whole operation.
AND, he was part of the Mena, Arkansas drug smuggling - some interesting dig about that as well.
Barry Seal mysteriously 'died suddenly' just before his scheduled testimony, and yes, the Mena story would blow it all wide open.
I guess some discernment is in order here. đź‘Ť
Oh the irony
Gee, only 40 years apart. This is gay. N9ow do USA/ ISIS
North's convictions were overturned. He never served time. I have a signed copy of his book. I think he only did what he was ordered to do, and I don't even know what he actually did in reality, as I wasn't paying attention to that stuff when it happened.
Iran Contra affair? It was a Love Story.
Oliver North Secretly Marries Fawn Hall.
https://people.com/oliver-north-secretly-marries-fawn-hall-his-document-shredding-secretary-during-iran-contra-scandal-11807484
Hezbollah took Americans hostage and kept them in Lebanon. Reagan ordered North to sell Iran missiles in exchange for giving us our hostages back (hence the Arms for Hostages moniker). Then Iran took more Americans. That's actually where the "we don't negotiate with terrorists" came from.
We took the profits from the missile sales and gave it to the Contras, who were fighting the Sandanistas (govt in Nicaragua) - who were socialists. This is why the MSM called the whole scandal "Iran Contra".
"The MSM."
https://nitter.net/i/status/2039295598894162228
Some context. We sold mostly TOW missiles to Iran thru Israel. And spare parts. Iraq Iran war had started in 1980. We sold to both sides. We are the largest arms dealer on the planet. Iran had an aging war machine from the Shah days. A military supplied by us. We wanted this war to drag on. And the kicker? We also wanted off the books money to fight communism in South America.
I for one have no problem with this affair. We were in a world of fighting commies. And the dems supported the commies every chance they got.
Pineapple face tho...
Member him?
You certainly get smarter with age.
And his Birthday is 10-7
I am not a potted plant.