TY baker
An Iron Eagle is a colonel that has done enough to be promoted to general but won't because of their skill in what they do. They're kept at Colonel.
It could be a reference to the movie where a fighter pilot is shot down and a daring mission has to be conducted off the books..
I assume Godfather III has a connection to the Church and mafia. perhaps the mafia being used to launder money for the cabal.. or as a slush fund because of it's international and diplomatic status.
Sorry, anon.. I wasn't aware of a fire-sale in real estate around then. It could have happened, though. I think, in the case of the Church, it wouldn't have to do too much distraction to move money. At least officially. I think Q said, at one point, it was holding on to 250 billion, or something like that. Why I think it might be being used because of it's status as a nation, but also as an international instituion. It gets all the privelages of nationhood, but it can be all throughout the world.
getting late. gotta take off.
Ty baker and note taker. Take care, anons