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Subject: Phillipine Intervention - (nf)
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Date: Tue, 1-Nov-83 02:35:45 EST
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Posted: Tue Nov  1 02:35:45 1983
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uicsl!pollack    Nov  1 02:04:00 1983

It seems to me that the US should politically intervene in the
Phillipines and persuade Marcos to hold real elections in May and to
retire comfortably in California upon his guaranteed defeat.

If we do not pressure Marcos, and non-judgementally give him the $900
million "rent", it seems, by default, that our brilliant strategy must be
first, to allow the New Peoples Army (i.e. leftist rebels) to take
over, and second, to intervene militarily to "restore democracy" to the
Phillipines.

Has there been any evidence of US pressure besides Reagan's cancellation?

Do Netland people care more about the Phillipines than they do about Grenada? 

Any Filipinos out there?


>From the dominopining keyboard of
      Jordan Pollack
      ...pur-ee!uiucdcs!uicsl!pollack












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