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From: leblanc@rochester.UUCP (Tom LeBlanc)
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Nicaragua vs Greneda
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Date: Wed, 30-Nov-83 13:40:41 EST
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Posted: Wed Nov 30 13:40:41 1983
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From: Tom LeBlanc  <leblanc>
Why is "Nicaragua is another Vietnam" accepted as gospel when the only
thing they have in common is that the US supports the party in power
from the right and the USSR supports the party not in power from the
left, while "Greneda was a potential Iran" is ridiculed as nonsense
by the same people.

Reason: Reality is easy to imitate, but difficult to manufacture.