Funny how the same situations of recent history keep resurfacing. Not only "Iran", but we should recall the details of Iran-Contra: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93Contra_affair

> further funding of the Contras by legislative appropriations was prohibited by Congress, but the Reagan administration continued funding them secretly using non-appropriated funds

Oh look, it's presidential power contradicting Congress again!

> "what began as a strategic opening to Iran deteriorated, in its implementation, into trading arms for hostages."

US attempts to deal with Iran, has incoherent strategy, gets rolled, lies about it.

> Eleven convictions resulted, some of which were vacated on appeal. The rest of those indicted or convicted were all pardoned in the final days of the presidency of George H. W. Bush

Misuse of the presidential pardon power, again, which enables the president to direct people to commit crimes in the sure knowledge that they will not be held accountable to the law or other branches of government (Americans call this "checks and balances" for some reason).

One of those people was Oliver North, who turned his experience providing arms illegally to enemies of the United States into a long career at propaganda organizations the NRA and Fox news.

And so here you are again.

I love that story, shows you that the world always was quite small and that what we perceive as progressive and backward countries is just a matter of time.

[1] https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politic...

Something tells me the process of finding a replacement ombudsman will be much faster. Hegseth probably already has someone in mind...

Something we are all coming to realize a little too late

Congress, where are you?