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From: mroddy@enmasse.UUCP (Mark Roddy)
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Re: Re: Important Vote
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Date: Sun, 17-Mar-85 14:23:47 EST
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> 
> 	Wishful thinking, I'm afraid.  The issues in Nicaragua would be more
> clear-cut if this was the case, but in fact only a small minority of the
> contras have ties to the old national guard.  Men like Eden Pastora fought
> the Samoza regime for decades, only to see his revolution co-opted by 
> Marxists.  And that's why they are fighting in the jungles.
>  
	Actually Pastora was purged by the National Guard factions, he is
	no longer involved. His attempt to establish a legitimate alternative
	democratic movement was a failure. 
-- 
						Mark Roddy
						Net working,
						Just reading the news.

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