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Subject: Sanctions: USA hypocrasy
Message-ID: <525519526.9546@minster.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 27-Aug-86 05:38:47 EDT
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Posted: Wed Aug 27 05:38:47 1986
Date-Received: Sat, 30-Aug-86 01:05:56 EDT
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There have been many postings in net.followup concerning the morality of
sanctions against SA USSR etc. What winds me up is people dithering over
over sanctions against a blatantly evil government (oppressive as perceived
by its people) when the US is happy not only to impose sanctions against
Nicaragua but to positively (ie money) support the contras who, by all
independent accounts, are a bunch of sadistic thugs. By contrast the Nicaraguan
government is probably more popular than any Western government (as perceived
by its population) and its human rights record is certainly better than any
other Central American country (many of whom are supported by the US). It seems
that sanctions used will only be used by the US if they will be effective and 
the US does not like the government in question.


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