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From: tan@ihlpg.UUCP (Bill Tanenbaum)
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Subject: Re: Re: Re: Nicaraguan Parallel: Some ke
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Date: Wed, 16-Oct-85 03:15:05 EDT
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> [janw] (Re: Nicaragua)
> Does one have to toe the Soviet line to be totalitarian ? Did
> Hitler ? Did Mao ?
> 
> This is a quite different issue, but not to avoid it, I'll say
> that, in my opinion, they *are* toeing the Soviet line, and
> their non-alignment is as phony as Castro's. Whoever doubts
> it might try and name some major occasion of their publicly
> disagreeing with the USSR. A UN vote, maybe ?
----
Just for the record, Nicaragua abstained on the U. N. resolution
condemning the USSR for the invasion of Afghanistan.  Of course,
that was five years ago, when Carter was still in office, and
the Sandinistas were still receiving U. S. aid.
-- 
Bill Tanenbaum - AT&T Bell Labs - Naperville IL  ihnp4!ihlpg!tan