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From: bnapl@burdvax.UUCP (Tom Albrecht)
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Re: Those crates
Message-ID: <1816@burdvax.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 19-Nov-84 10:48:39 EST
Article-I.D.: burdvax.1816
Posted: Mon Nov 19 10:48:39 1984
Date-Received: Tue, 20-Nov-84 03:14:05 EST
References: <20300001@hpfcla.UUCP> <331@whuxl.UUCP> <332@whuxl.UUCP> <ut-sally.201>
Reply-To: bnapl@burdvax.UUCP (Tom Albrecht)
Organization: Burroughs Corp. - SDG/Devon
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Summary: 

In article <ut-sally.201> riddle@ut-sally.UUCP (Prentiss Riddle) writes:
> ...
>Secondly, even supposing that the crates do in fact contain a shipment of
>MiG-21 aircraft, how on earth is that a justification for the U.S. to use
>force or threats of force against Nicaragua?   

	Haven't you heard of the Monroe Doctrine?  The issue is not whether
Nicaragua has advanced military aircraft, but who is doing the supplying of
such aircraft.  The Soviet Union would like nothing better than to use
Nicaragua as a launching point for operations against El Salvador and other
Central American countries.  Are we supposed to wait until there are Soviet
bases in Central America to do something?

	I think we have a responsibility to the other nations of Central
America to determine as best we can whether those MiGs are there and if
they are to dispose of them quickly.

>Meanwhile, the U.S. increases its pressure on the Nicaraguans by placing
>warships within sight of the Nicaraguan coast off Corinto and by sending spy
>planes (complete with sonic booms) flying over the country, thus prompting
>widespread panic and forcing the Nicaraguans to divert efforts from the coffee
>harvest to preparation for an invasion.  Whether or not the Reagan
>administration plans to invade any time soon, it certainly is doing all it can
>to make life miserable for the Nicaraguans in the meantime.
>
>--- Prentiss Riddle ("Aprendiz de todo, maestro de nada.")
>--- {ihnp4,harvard,seismo,gatech,ctvax}!ut-sally!riddle

	Only because the Nicaraguan government is doing its best to make
life miserable for its own people and surrounding nations.  We did the same
thing to the Cubans during the missile crisis in '62 (when we were directly
threatened).  Our only problem was that we didn't have the resolve to keep 
up the pressure during succeeding years are we are now paying the price.  
Cuba, the Soviet pawn, has been the cause of widespread chaos throughout 
Africa and Central America.

	As long as we perceive a threat to our own security we should do
what we can to neutralize the threat.

-- 
Tom Albrecht 		Burroughs Corp.
			...{presby|psuvax|sdcrdcf}!burdvax!bnapl