18-01-2017, 08:32 PM
Tracy Riddle Wrote:The whole Iran-Contra-cocaine/Mena/Enterprise story has entered the realm of Ancient History in a way that the JFK assassination hasn't yet. It now seems to be fairly safe to talk about. How many Americans even remember Iran Contra, or its counterpart the October Surprise? Or Nugan Hand, BCCI and the S&L scandal? They are all linked together, and just the tip of the iceberg.
It's discussed in the same manner as Watergate - third-rate conspiracy of clowns, and OMG there was a criminal/mobster element involved! Oh, who could have imagined such a thing? ::
It's also easy for mainstream-liberal historians and academics to talk about wrongdoing during the Reagan/Nixon years, but they still don't want to shine a light on Democratic Presidents (which is why the Clintons' involvement in Mena part of the Enterprise is still a "conspiracy theory"). Earl Warren's stamp of approval on the JFK story ensured that a lot of liberals would defend it to their graves.
I don't think that comparing the Contras to Watergate is anywhere equal, nor was it a third rate burglary, it was a very well executed plan to take down Nixon AFTER he stopped paying, how is that third rate?
Also, there is still a whole lot of information to digest, Felix doesn't want for folks to say he was associated with drug dealers, yet he recruited Frank Castro and Luis Posada for the Contra project under George Bush, and when Felix went to report to Bush how well the project was going and the flow of drugs into this country was bringing in billions, not millions George didn't respond, he didn't say one word to Felix, and that is what pissed Felix off, that Bush didn't want to acknowledge the progress. There is still a ton of information no one knows, most of this information has already been discussed at the hearings.