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From: mmt@dciem.UUCP (Martin Taylor)
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Re: The Sandinista Problem II:  The Home Front
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Date: Tue, 18-Mar-86 00:08:55 EST
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Posted: Tue Mar 18 00:08:55 1986
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Reply-To: mmt@dciem.UUCP (Martin Taylor)
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>Are you kidding?  Who in _this_ country is afraid of speaking up?  This
>just isn't what is happening. Some people (like Reagan) have the 
>almightly nerve to say that if you espouse policies that help the
>Communists, hey, you ESPOUSE POLICIES THAT HELP THE COMMUNISTS.  Like,
>ah, wow man, like A = A.  How astonishing.  Of course, this is fascism. 
>
Why does he so consistently do it, then?  Most people who oppose
Reagan's foreign policies do so because they so obviously and directly
help the Communist cause.  Do you really think Communism is less
popular in Central America and elsewhere now than it was in 1980?
Reagan's policies and behaviour are about as strong an inducement for
people to turn away from the US as one can imagine, and where else
would people look for help other than to the USSR?  Remember, in
Nicaragua in particular, it was ONLY the US that was so wound up
about the Sandinistas.  Canada, Western Europe, and much of the
rest of the Americas were all trying to help the people of Nicaragua
while Reagan was trying to destroy their economy (and doing a pretty
good job).  Is that the way to make friends and influence people
(in your favour)? Espouse policies that help the communists...Hah!
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Martin Taylor
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