For many who viewed former Lt. Col. Oliver North as a hero, Thursday's jury verdict will be hard to accept. Facing 12 counts in connection with the Iran-contra scandal, he was acquitted of nine but convicted of three. Was that justice for a loyal Marine who thought he was serving his country, and who assumed tacit approval by his commander in chief?
It was if the verdict is seen in the proper light. Iran-contra was not about one Marine's loyalty or naivete. It was about a government within a government, a secret operation that generated funds by selling arms at a profit, and used the profits to carry out foreign policy - all of it outside the parameters of …
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