GOP ACCIDENTAL TRUTH TELLING

From Think Progress courtesy of AlterNet:

Rohrabacher: Blackwater CEO Is ‘An American Hero Just Like Ollie North Was’

Following the September 16 shootout in Baghdad’s Nisour Square that left 17 Iraqis dead, private security firm Blackwater USA has come under intense scrutiny and criticism. The Iraqi government wants them out of the country, the FBI is investigating them, and CEO Erik Prince was forced to defend the company before Congress last week.

But not everyone is jumping on the anti-Blackwater bandwagon. Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA), for whom Prince once interned, is so supportive of the company that he believes Prince “is on his way to being an American hero just like Ollie North was“

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In case you don't realize, Rohrabacher was inadvertently telling the truth because Oliver North, rather than being a hero, was a traitorous criminal, who ultimately got a way with his crimes because of the foolish immunity deal given him by stupid Congressional Democrats back in the 80s. So, sure, Prince is indeed an American hero just like North, which is to say, not a hero at all. Of course, the right-wing nut jobs really do see North as a hero, so that's obviously not what Rohrabacher was trying to say.

You know, I was a youthful Republican myself back when the whole Iran-Contra thing went down, and I kind of bought into the "American hero" meme, too, although looking back on it, I just can't understand why. I mean, sure, North furthered a conservative goal, helping out the anti-Communist Contras in Nicaragua, but Congress, who had realized how brutal the Contra death squads were, had passed legislation banning all US aid to the insurgent group, and just to add insult to injury, North aided Iran, an official enemy at the time, a traitorous action.

Man, that right-wing Kool-Aid is powerful stuff.



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