Ronald Reagan in 63 Documents the Government Doesn't Want To Read, by Jesse Ventura

On Drugs: Iran-Contra secret aid included $14M in drug money

The Reagan years are remembered for the Iran-Contra scandal that made a notorious celebrity (or future political hero to many) of Col. Oliver North. He claimed that John Kerry's 1988 report on the interplay between US support for the Nicaraguan Contras and the drug trade was all wrong. "The fact is nobody in the US government ever had anything to do with running drugs to support Nicaraguan resistance. I will stand on that to my grave."

Well, North may still be standing but his credibility sure isn't. His diary entries actually had numerous reports of drug smuggling among the Contras, none of which North alerted the DEA or other law enforcement agencies about. One mentions $14 million in drug money being funneled into an operation.

I have to laugh and, in the immortal words of Nancy Reagan, "just say no" to drugs. The hypocrisy of the double standard is ludicrous. All you can do is laugh, or cry. I guess it's okay to deal drugs if it's for the cause of war.

Source: 63 Documents, by Gov. Jesse Ventura, p.100 Apr 4, 2011

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