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From: myers@uwmacc.UUCP (Jeff Myers)
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Subject: Re: House Votes NIX on Contra Aid
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Date: Thu, 2-May-85 14:27:08 EDT
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> Strangely enough, I think the State Department understands this
> very well and that is exactly the outcome they are seeking.  A stronger
> Nicaraguan-Soviet alliance would provide the pretext for more aggressive
> actions against Nicaragua.  And if Nicaragua tries to avoid strong ties
> to the Soviets, the economic turmoil can be exploited as the CIA described
> in its training manual.   The only hope is strong support from the
> Western European and South American governments that see the Reagan policy
> as completely wrong-headed.  But these governments are afraid to cross
> the Reagan Administration because of possible reprisals against them.
>
> Mike Kelly

This is exactly what Noam Chomsky, in a recent speech here, argues that the
US attempts to do to all incipient ``third road'' nations.  He believes
(as do I) that US foreign policy toward the third world is oriented toward
making sure that any countries experimenting with autonomy from the world
capitalist system, any countries consciously trying to improve the lot of
the common folk at the expense of international capital, must be stopped
before the disease spreads.

I.e., if the govt responsible for such heresy cannot be immediately
overthrown, the economy must be strangled.  Dr. Chomsky argues further that
the US pulled a strategic foreign policy victory out of Vietnam by
successfully devastating their economy.  In Chile the govt of Salvador
Allende was deposed thru economic sanctions and support for the military
coup in 1973 (and for the aborted one in 1970).  In Nicaragua, the
strategy is economically similar, but since the military in Nicaragua is
friendly to the revolution, the military pressure must come from outside
the country.

YAMOTICC ("Yet Another Member of the International Communist Conspiracy")