Word: buildups
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...left-wing military buildup worries Washington...
...equipment. Yet when word of the deal reached Washington, both Secretary of State Alexander Haig and Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger registered their "strong disappointment" at the decision of the French government. The reason: the sale ran directly counter to a growing sense of alarm in Washington over the arms buildup in Nicaragua. The arsenal is reaching unprecedented proportions for Central America, and has already turned the country into the predominant military power of the region...
...Union, give substantial aid to the broadening guerrilla insurgency in El Salvador, where the U.S. is the principal backer of the civilian-military government of President José Napoleón Duarte. The U.S. is also a firm supporter of Honduras. Furthermore, the Administration fears that the Nicaraguan military buildup will start a regional arms race, something that no country in the area can afford...
...eyes of the Reagan Administration, the size of Nicaragua's military buildup does not square with protestations that it is meant to be defensive. Says a State Department expert: "They would like to have an armed force sufficiently strong that they can, with impunity, participate in the subversion of neighboring states. They are, by their own definition, Marxist-Leninist, and it would seem fundamental that they would prefer to see their neighbors in the same bloc...
There are signs that Ronald Reagan may one day face political trouble on this issue. In the survey, 42% say they feel Reagan is emphasizing a weapons buildup rather than arms control; 40%, however, believe Reagan is giving priority to disarmament. Political affiliation is a minor factor in the responses: 69% of Democrats favor disarmament over rearmament, as do 61% of Republicans and 67% of independents...