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From: andersa@kuling.UUCP (Anders Andersson)
Newsgroups: net.followup
Subject: Nicaragua (Re: Air raid on Libya)
Message-ID: <935@kuling.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 28-Apr-86 21:33:57 EDT
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Posted: Mon Apr 28 21:33:57 1986
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In article <574@dlvax1.datlog.co.uk> dc@datlog.UUCP ( David Crone ) writes:
>Isn't it up to the Nicaraguan's what government they have. Any response to thi
>that the Sandinistas are not democratic I suggest the respondent read
>net.politics concerning the Ortega regime's 67% support in Nicaragua, perhaps
>howver that is not democratic enough :-) (slightly forced smile here).

Neither can I see how this support for Ortega will change into demands for
any *real* democracy (i.e. what's missing today), as long as the country is
under constant threat from contras.

The US government seems to be very glad to spend money on establishing
democracy in Nicaragua. Why not turn around when there is time left? Put
those millions of dollars in health care and educational programs *in*
Sandinista-land instead, and soon there won't be any need for communism.
As things are now, Ortega is simply forced to rely on Soviet assistance.

Exactly what did Isaac Newton say about putting pressure on a stone?
-- 
Anders Andersson, Dept. of Computer Systems, Uppsala University, Sweden
Phone: +46 18 183170
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