You are making a false comparison like comparing Vietnam veteran Jorge Otero Barreto with Cuba’s Che Guevara.
Colonel North defended those that risked their lives and reputation joining him in going up against the murderous Marxist Sandinistas.
Again the fog of war.
To the 18th century British, General George Washington was a traitor whose lies cost lives. He indeed was a liar, in a good way. To his friends and supporters, he would never lie, would always act with honor.
Judgment depends on where you sit.
The swamp was operating in Reagan ‘s era just as it is today.
General Flynn was described here on FR just last year as a villain. I was a lone voice of dissent calling him what he is, a hero and patriot.
Fog of war. Again, best to stand on the sidelines and withhold judgment.
yes the swamp did exist and I believe Oliver north was part of the swamp back in the 1980s ….either we are country of laws that are obeyed by our bureaucrats or we are not....just because I liked one or two aspect of what the guy was up to does not mean that he was not dirty... Oliver North is just part of the Swamp that was in republican hands when he was in Washington. the swamp is a bi-Partison problem. I don’t believe the republicans have as many Swamp creatures as the demacrat have but they are there and are a problem.
According to the logic that you are using if I agree with what they are doing they are patriots if I don’t agree with what they are doing they are swamp creatures.
according to me a swamp creature is a bureaucrat that oversteps his mandate of action within the buracracy and starts enacting policy that has no legitimacy. legitimacy is given for actions by either executive direction from the president or by laws passed by the legislature.
the destruction of records by Oliver north are only legitimate if he was directed to do so by congressional law or if directed by the executive branch....according to the law those records were destroyed ilegally