Word: nicaraguans
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...national interest is all that we are really capable of knowing and understanding." Consequently, national interest is all that we really capable of pursuing. And "national interest" requires a limited interpretation. The Communist presence in Vietnam did not constitute a national security crisis that justified U.S. intervention. And the Nicaraguan Sandinistas were not an expansionist national security threat that neccessitated hundreds of millions of dollars in United States aid to the Contra rebels...
Even if voters did not support every item on Ronald Reagan's foreign policy agenda--such as his unpopular alliance with the Nicaraguan contras--they were reassured by his stalwart defense of America's national security. Hussein's invasion of Kuwait and the recent misbehavior of the Soviet Union have reminded voters of the need for strong leadership and firm convictions. The amusing image of Michael Dukakis test-driving an army tank during his 1988 campaign is a powerful illustration of the Democrats' failure to offer either...
...gave his counterpart a photo of a seized launching tube, and Shevardnadze promised to investigate. In their last meeting in Houston, Shevardnadze informed Baker that the missiles were part of a shipment sent to Nicaragua in 1986. Armed with that information, Bush Administration officials demanded an explanation from the Nicaraguan military, which is still controlled by the Sandinistas. They admitted that the missiles came from their stock but claimed the shipment was not "officially" sanctioned...
...involvement in the scandal, will soon produce some answers. Nobody has managed to nail down a charge, aired in a series of articles in the Houston Post, that the CIA used fraudulently obtained S&L money to fund some of its covert operations, including support for the now defunct Nicaraguan contra rebels. But there is more evidence for a second Post allegation: that a Justice Department prosecutor investigating a bank failure in 1985 was warned off by FBI agents because one of his targets had CIA ties. The House committee, which questioned CIA Director William Webster about the matter...
After saying "We cannot be on the sidelines at a time when world peace is in jeopardy," ex-Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega arrived in Iraq last week. Daniel Ortega? Come to think of it, a lot of world players have been jumping off the bench and showing up at midfield Baghdad. Among those...