http://www.costaverde.com/c123/capture.jpe For those too young to remember, this is the guy who started the Iran/Contra ball rolling when in Oct. 1986, a C-123 cargo plane was shot down over the jungles of Nicaragua. The only survivor was Eugene Hasenfus who, when asked by his captures who he worked for, stated "GEORGE BUSH".
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As it turned out, Eugene worked for the CIA and the C-123 were transporting arms and drugs back and forth across the planet.
It always puzzled me why Eugene said he worked for "George Bush".
In 1986, George Bush was Vice-President. Eugene should have said, Ronald Reagan, the POTUS, the Commander-in-Chief.
Or was Reagan really the POTUS?
Was GHWB and the Troika actually running this country during the Reagan years?
Or maybe Eugene got his years mixed up - maybe he thought it was 1976 and George was still CIA Director and that's why he said he worked for George Bush?
But, then again, maybe Eugene was actually thinking that because George Bush was the self-appointed Drug Czar under Reagan and that he was running drugs in that C-123, then that's why he thought he worked for George Bush.
Maybe John Kerry can tell us? Or the History Channel can run a documentary about Iran/Contra - I think it's time to bring back the memories.