Reply #12: Say, Oliver North reminds me...

[Minstrel Boy]

Olof Palme should be added to the roster of the Bush family's greatest hits.

Oliver North met with Palme to discuss the possibility of obtaining false end-user certificates for Iran/Contra's weapons cache. Palme refused to participate. Guess what happened a few weeks later?

Poppy's old fascist pal Licio Gelli and his P2 lodge were, of course, happily in the thick of Iran/Contra. From Barbara Honegger's book, October Surprise:

"According to Informant 'Y,' who claims his source to be Licio Gelli's top associate Francesco Pazienza, George Bush himself was made an 'honorary' member of P2 in 1976, the year that he became director of the Central Intelligence Agency.... According to 'Y,' shortly before the assassination of Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme, Licio Gelli sent a message to former Republican National Committee advisor and alleged 'honorary' P2 member Philip Guarino assuring him that 'the Swedish tree will be felled' and to 'tell our good friend Bush.'"