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Maybe, maybe not. Even if Soviet fighters had been aboard the freighters, the military threat these obsolete planes pose is inconsequential. Certainly they would have represented a worrisome escalation in Nicaragua's military strength, but they pose little danger to American air superiority in the area, particularly since Nicaragua does not have pilots experienced enough to fly the MiGs...
Take, for a moment, the realistic and hard-headed view of the situation. Forget the history of poverty and repression of Nicaragua under the U.S. backed Somaza regime. Forget the deaths and suffering caused by the American-backed contras, who are fighting a war the Reagan administration has admitted is unminnable. Forget the fact that American Monty paid for the mines that appeared magically in Member's harbors. Forget all that, examine Reagan's Latin American politics with the cool eye of realpolillk, and have a good laugh. No matter how you slice it, Reagan's handling of Nicaragua...
...month's ago many of Reagan's gloomier detractors warned that if Reagan were re-elected, Bob Hope would be entertaining our boys in Managua by Christmas. However, even the Reagan administration probably knows better than to seriously consider a Grenada style invasion in Nicaragua. The problem is not that we are on the verge of a Latin American Vietnam, but rather that our own administration seems determined to repeat some of history's mistakes...
...have much to fear as a nation, because American political leaders from across the spectrum shared in the concern (as duly noted in the majority opinion). In fact, though, no such irrational fear of the unknown is indicated by this bipartisan condemnation of any outside attempt to arm Nicaragua beyond its legitimate needs. If MiGs are delivered to Nicaragua, then it will merely highlight and confirm the long-standing desire of the Sandinistas to possess far more military power than they could possibly need for their own regional security...
...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...