Bristol Tennessee/Virginia Chamber of Commerce

• Location: Virginia Intermont College, 1013 Moore Street
  Bristol
• Date: 10-08-2011
  10-08-2011

Description

Oliver North - America in the New Millennium
Saturday, October 8, 1:30pm
A Worldview Scholarship Series Event, Virginia Intermont College, Kegley Auditorium
Reserved seating $20. General admission free.

In 1986, it was revealed that a secret U.S. operation had been selling military equipment to Iran, in exchange for the release of U.S. hostages, and that money from the arms’ sales was being illegally diverted to help anti-socialist forces fight the government of Daniel Ortega in Nicaragua. From May until August of 1987 the Iran-Contra scandal and its televised hearings put the spotlight on North, who donned his uniform and admitted that he acted illegally, but out of patriotism. His felony convictions were eventually overturned, and depending on who's talking, North was either a traitorous drug smuggler or a national hero who saved Central America from communism. Whose side would you support?  What if this happened again in today’s world?