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DISCUSSING THE MIG "crisis" on the November 7th edition of "Nightline," Nicaragua's foreign minister Miguel D'Escoto Brockmann gracefully exposed the biases behind Ted Koppel's questions, and in doing so laid bare the shameful subjectivity of one of America's most influential opinion makers. If such closed mindedness could be attributed only to Koppel, there would be no need to write this commentary. Unfortunately the ABC commentator's one-sided view of the Nicaraguan "problem" permeates the electronic media...
...straightforward no-nonense manner, Koppel asked D'Escoto, "are there MIG's on that (Soviet) ship?" D'Escoto replied that Nicaragua had not received any in the past, was not receiving any at present, and had no future plans to receive MIG's. But then he got to the crux of the matter. What right, he asked rhetorically, has the United States to dictate to Nicaragua what weapons it may or may not purchase from another nation? Where in international law is it written that one sovereign nation may not procure the weaponry it determines necessary for its self-defense...
...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...
...priests, including Foreign Minister Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann and Culture Minister Ernesto Cardenal Martinez (at whom the Pope shook his finger in reproach during his 1983 visit to Nicaragua), struck a compromise with their church superiors in 1981 by agreeing not to say Mass or perform religious functions while holding their government posts...
...Vatican is not satisfied with the responses, which are due late next week, the priests could be suspended. The priests claim not to be eager for a showdown, but their position leaves little room for further compromise. Said D'Escoto of his dual role as priest and politician: "There is no conflict. I am serving my people...