goBigtime:
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According to Sick's analysis, Oliver North was the administration's scapegoat, taking responsibility in order to conceal the "treason" of Reagan and Bush.
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Familiar old name in a saga that caused other counties a shitload of trouble..... I mean North - can't say the degree of Reagan and Bush part.
North was a small name in a much bigger saga that started decades back when, once again, the US decided to overthrow a democratically elected foreign government. (Hell.. when you just think of that for one moment - some heads need to roll).
The US decided to replace the democratically elected government of Guatamala and install "their guy". The people of Guatamala objected and were killed in droves and buried in mass graves, imprisoned and the "usual" stuff that people do to each other now in prisons in Iraq.
The US government then lied to it's own citizens who ended up being killed in the middle of this shit - tho courts and government papers released in the last ten years clearly show the involvement at high levels of the then, US government and this has given "closure" to many Guatamalan and US families.
This was the start (hell - no it wasn't - but more later!) of a "Latin American" unrest that spread to Nicaragua and other countries and lasted decades. The cost is ... unbelievable in suffering and death.
North was in on the last segment of this crap and there is little doubt he never acted on his own behalf :-) I spoke last year with some people who were present at North's meetings on the border of Nicaragua. The background is .... amazing shit and has no place in history of any "reputable" country. Ask any US Ambassador who operated in the Latin American region and you will get a smile and "Do you think I was involved in that?"... The records confirm their involvment.
The start of this "US foreign policy" in Latin America goes back over 100 years when attempted "invasions" of several Latin American countries were instigated and repelled. These times are still in the minds of people in Latin America and, tho they are very friendly people, there is still a feeling of... "distrust" or whatever of "gringos" who appear to be regarded as the rapers of the earth.
It takes... often centuries to "cool" distrust... there is absoluelty nada hope of any US government in this century having any "trust" or meaningful relationship in the Middle East.