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From: tedrick@ernie.berkeley.edu (Tom Tedrick)
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Subject: Re: The Sandinista Problem II:  The Home Front
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Date: Sat, 8-Mar-86 15:51:51 EST
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>This is the second posting in a series on the Sandinista Problem.  The
>previous posting introduced our need to overthrow the Sandinistas with
>an invasion involving American forces.  This posting deals with the task
>at hand here at home.

Great article :-)

Seriously, I liked it (even though it had a slight bias :-).

>Also, we lack support for a
>full-blown military action involving a large contingency of American troops.
>The invasion requires
>strong support or it is doomed at the outset.  

This part I disagree with. The trick is to finish the invasion quickly.
As long as you have a quick victory, you will have support from most
of the population. If you blow it and get entangled in a long drawn
out struggle (war of attrition) then your support will erode.