504: Lt. Col. Oliver North | Lessons from the Tragedies of War
The Jordan Harbinger Show
Jordan Harbinger
4.8 • 12.3K Ratings
🗓️ 5 May 2021
⏱️ 72 minutes
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Summary
Lt. Col. Oliver North (@OliverLNorth) is a political commentator, military historian, and retired United States Marine Corps lieutenant colonel. He is the author of many leather-bound books, and the host of Oliver North's America and Oliver North's Real American Heroes.
What We Discuss with Oliver North:- An Oliver North's-eye view of the Iran–Contra affair after 30+ years in the rearview mirror.
- Using SMEAC (Situation, Mission, Execution, Admin and Logistics, and Command and Signal) for making decisions in high-pressure situations.
- Why Oliver still recalls one day as a Marine machine-gunner during the Vietnam conflict as the worst in his life.
- What it's like to survive an assassination attempt (and outlive its bumbling perpetrators).
- Why Oliver considers "servant leaders" to be the best leaders.
- And much more...
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| 0:00.0 | Coming up next on the Jordan Harbinger Show. |
| 0:03.2 | Well, the lawyers for the hearings, |
| 0:04.6 | for the Senator House forgotten witch, |
| 0:07.0 | said to me, |
| 0:07.8 | the day you got fired at the White House |
| 0:09.2 | had to be the worst day of your life. |
| 0:10.8 | I said, oh, no sir, |
| 0:11.8 | worst days of my life were Marines died in my arms. |
| 0:14.8 | And that happened a bunch of times. |
| 0:16.4 | The 28th of July is a repeat of that in my head, |
| 0:19.8 | every 28 July, |
| 0:21.4 | as I lost more Marines that one night |
| 0:22.9 | and I did entire two tours in Westback. |
| 0:25.6 | Welcome to the show, I'm Jordan Harbinger. |
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