Word: buildups
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...expected and understandable retort-by Koppel went something like this: "But what if such weapons were to be used for aggresive purpose as the U.S. government believes is the case with your government? After all, a tremendous arms buildup has been taking shape in Nicaragua for quite some time...
...Escoto responded, stating that Nicaragua would have no need for such a buildup were it not for the "covert" war being waged in Nicaragua, financed by the CIA, to overthrow the Sandinista government. And, had the U.S. government signed the Contadora proposal which it ostensibly supports, the Nicaragua, arms buildup would cease and that Soviet ship would not be sailing toward Nicaragua with more weapons...
...NEXT NIGHT on ABC "World News Tonight" a three minute piece on Nicaragua described the "paranoid" fear of Nicaraguans concerning an imminent U.S. invasion in addition to the tremendous Nicaraguan arms buildup. All of one sentence was devoted to mentioning that there is a war going on in that country, and that one sentence neglected to mention that it is almost entirely financed by the United States...
Nicaragua's army of approximately 60,000 to 80,000 soldiers, supplemented by as many as 200,000 reservists, is proportional to an eight to nine million-member U.S. army and a 25 million-strong reserve. The argument that U.S. government policy prompted this buildup is absurd; it began long before Jimmy Carter abandoned his accommodating stance toward the Nicaraguan Revolution...
...Western Hemisphere. Introduction of high-performance aircraft could be a prelude to tension-heightening Soviet actions. But these are merely additional reasons for our leaders, from both parties, to reaffirm the commitment of the United States to oppose, with force if necessary, the unwarranted and dangerous Central American arms buildup initiated b8 Nicaragua's Soviet-backed dictators...