All that entire post argued was that what North did was illegal (which is pretty obvious). Not that it didn't serve the interests of the United States of America. The only travesty of the Iran-Contra issue was the scandal itself (and the ensuing fallout). Though I don't really blame the media - the possibility of such horribly undesirable, disastrous leaks is the price we pay for being an open society.
I suppose I left a bit to be inferred, but to be explicit:
- It's not in American interests to show terrorists that their tactics work.
- It's not in American interests to sell weapons to an openly hostile nation.
- It's not in American interests to trust erratic autocrats with anything
- It's not in American interests to support what are essentially death squads in other nations that openly target civilians
- It's not in American interests to have members of the executive branch openly hide their actions from Congressional oversight
- It's certainly not in American interests to take actions that are deemed to directly violate international humanitarian law by the ICJ
Surely you've been posting on this forum long enough to know you're being trolled? And by a presidential-year troll no less. Or do you enjoy this?
