Oliver North Talks About South American Drug Trafficking, For A Change

There is no trace of irony in this Fox And Friends Sunday segment about Mexico’s drug war, in which they brought on Oliver North as an expert in cocaine cartels world-wide. And why should there be? Honestly, who would be a more knowledgeable source of how to infiltrate a narco-insurgency than a guy who spent most of the 80s embroiled in controversy involving the funding of Contra rebels by smuggling marijuana and cocaine across the border?

For a little bit of background, North has had a regular spot on Fox News and Fox.com profiling the drug trade in South America and Afghanistan. So he’s pretty much their go-to guy when it comes to discussing the narco-terrorism epidemic.

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