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From: myers@uwmacc.UUCP (Latitudinarian Lobster)
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Subject: Re: Myers on nrh on "untrue propaganda"
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Date: Sun, 15-Dec-85 14:23:10 EST
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> >I also been faced during my brief existence with the
> >incontrovertible fact that the United States, since the Spanish-American
> >War, has gone out of its way to crush any truly progressive government it
> >has been able to get its hands on.  I'm willing to go into detail on any
> >of the following cases: the Philippines immediately following the joint
> >US-Filipino defeat of the Spanish; Chile in the early 1970's; Guatemala
> >in 1954; Nicaragua from the 1920's till the present; the Dominican Republic
> >in 1965; Vietnam from 1945-1975; Greece following WWII; Spain just before
> >WWII; Cuba from 1960 till the present; ad infinitum.
> >Jeff Myers				
> 
> I would like to know what you mean by "progressive". Many of these cases don't
> seem at all to me like "progressive" governments, unless you're using "pro-
> gressive" as a generic term for Communist.  What characteristics do you
> consider characteristics of "progressive" governments?
> 
> Disclaimer: This does not mean I support all of these US actions.

The word ``governments'' here should probably be replaced with the phrase
``movements or governments.''  The Communist cases in the above would be
Vietnam, Greece, and Cuba.

Webster's Dictionary for Everyday Use (copyright 1971, Ottenheimer Publishers,
Inc.) can define progressive as well as I: ``moving forward gradually;
advancing; improving; favoring progress or reform.''

Jeff Myers