Oliver North On American Hero From Edmond

Oliver North, the key figure in the Iran-Contra Affair that was one of many during Ronald Reagan's time in the White House, continues to try to cover himself with American Hero stories on his show as he talks about a mother's love and how she finally got his remains from the Vietnam War as a result of technological advances and what not. Ok, I did not exactly finish the whole thing but this guy, Oliver North, admits to being able to hide his wrong doings earlier in his military career from the modern military personnel because of time and ignorance. This is the same Oliver North who sold missiles to Iran, the same Iran that now America claims to be one of their biggest terrorist threats. Of course Oliver North now says that at that point in time, everyone was focused on the Soviet threat and never considered radical Islam to be important to home security. So Oliver North now pleads innocence on hindsight, but still holds onto Reagan's claim that he is an American Hero.

Of course, people should always be given second chances and Oliver North certainly deserves his. But stop with the subliminal associations with American Heroes because 'Ollie' North's dealings in the past with American security threats does not qualify him to be even close to being an American Hero. He has admitted that mistakes were made, but it would also be good if he lived his life quietly now instead of trying to reinvent himself as a hero in the eyes of the American public.