Meet Robert M. Gates, Iran-Contra Crook and Bush 41 CIA Chief :

[elehhhhna]

How twisted is this country? An Iran-Contra crook and ex-CIA chief is immediately greeted as a sane, grown-up yet “fresh” replacement for the delusional old Donald Rumsfeld.

Even more fun, Gates’ nemesis Daniel Ortega was elected president of Nicaragua on Monday. You may remember Ortega as the Sandinista leader who fought off the Contras in a long bloody “civil war” in large part engineered by … Oliver North, William Casey and deputy CIA director Robert M. Gates, among others. North, a convicted felon and official fall guy for Iran-Contra, was in Nicaragua last week campaigning against Ortega.

History doesn’t just repeat itself; it repeats itself with the same exact people.

http://www.wonkette.com/

[RufusEarl]

1. Looks a little like Pete Sessions in this photo,

I imagine his mugshot looks different.

[Hawkowl]

2. Not so fast...

HA! The Sec. Def. has to be reviewed and approved by the Senate! God I love the smell of hearings in the morning!

[Lyric]

3. Cheney was fighting against this appointment

according to the news. Anybody that Cheney is vehemently OPPOSED to is someone I'm willing to give a fair chance to.

[Metta]

4. Gates is tarred with Iran-Contra. See enclosed link.

http://www.fas.org/irp/offdocs/walsh/chap_16.htm From Solly Mack.

[Lars39]

5. A couple of other threads on him:

www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x2643425

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=2639900&mesg_id=2639900

[Lars39]

6. dupe

[bananas]

7. Thanks for those links. nt