Do you remember 1987 when the Senators were giving Ollie North such a bad time? This brings it all into perspective, 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 Sir, I did".
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 Muslim terrorist sir". Ollie answer.
"Terrorist? What terrorist could possibly scare you that much?"