[Winona] Fw: Learn from History!!

Sat, 17 Nov 2001 08:17:46 -0800

An e-mail from a friend that I thought worth sharing:
 
----- Original Message -----
From: Kay Stone
Sent: Friday, November 16, 2001 6:01 PM
Subject: Learn from History!!

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> > Subject:    FW: LEARN FROM HISTORY!!
> >
> >         >>
> >         >>  You know, it's funny. I remember very vividly the Oliver
> > North hearings,
> >         >>  but did not recall the name of Osama bin Laden as the
> > terrorist that
> >         >>  North was threatened by. Has this slimeball been around
> > that long?.
> >         >>
> >         >>  It's pretty evident, in hindsight that we should have
> > listened to OLLIE!
> >         >>
> >         >>  I was at a UNC lecture the other day where they played a
> > video of Oliver
> >         >>  North during the Iran-Contra deals during the Reagan
> > administration. I
> >         >>  was only 14 back then but was surprised by this
> > particular clip.  There
> >     >was
> >         >>  Ollie in front of God and Country getting the third
> > degree.  But what he
> >         >>  said stunned me. He was being drilled by some senator I
> > didn't recognize
> >         >>  who asked him;
> >         >>  'Did you not recently spend close to $60,000 for a home
> > security
> > system?'
> >         >>
> >         >>  Oliver replied, 'Yes I did sir.'
> >         >>
> >         >>  The senator continued, trying to get a laugh out of the
> > audience, 'Isn't
> >         >>  this just a little excessive?'
> >         >>  'No sir,' continued Oliver.
> >         >>
> >         >>  'No. And why not?'
> >         >>
> >         >>  'Because the life of my family and I were threatened.'
> >         >>
> >         >>  'Threatened? By who.'
> >         >>  'By a terrorist, sir.'
> >         >>  'Terrorist? What terrorist could possibly scare you that
> > much?'
> >         >>  'His name is Osama bin Laden.'
> >         >>
> >         >>  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?'
> >         >>  'Because sir, he is the most evil person alive that I
> > know of.'
> >         >>
> >         >>  'And what do you recommend we do about him?'
> >         >>
> >         >>  'If it were me I would recommend 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 they showed of
> >         >>  the clip.
> >         >>
> >         >>   It's scary when you think 15 years ago the government
> > was aware of
> >         >>  Osama
> >         >>  bin Laden and his potential threat to the security of
> > the world.  I
> > guess
> >         >>  like all great tyrants they start small but if left
> > untended spread like
> >         >>  the virus they truly are.
> >         >>
> >         >>
> >         >>
> >         >>
> >         >>
> >         >>
> >     >

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