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Jebsen recognizes that the problem in El Salvador is one of "economic and political fairness." Yet somehow he feels that these problems can best be addressed through military solutions. Propping up the current authoritarian regime in El Salvador will only create bloodshed, not fairness...
...fact that elections were held on March 25 does not mean that El Salvador has become a democracy. Jebsen cites high turnout as proof that these were "true" elections. I wonder if Mr. Jebsen thinks that the Soviet Union with its 99% voter turnout is a democracy? His response would probably be no, because opposition parties are excluded from the electoral process. Yet in El Salvador, Jebsen admits that the Social Democrats were, if not legally, certainly practically excluded from the elections by fear of assassination...
...American military presence is needed to provide stability in Central America. But what kind of stability is this? As Jebsen says, right-wine death squads are murdering hundreds of innocent civilians each month. He goes on to point out that the leftist gugerillas control one-fourth of El Salvador and are growing stronger. According to Jebsen, these are reasons to leave American troops in El Salvador. He says that without American support the government that is providing all this stability would collapse. He suggests that this would result in "Marxist domination" of El Salvador. In the first place, this...
Some might argue that it matters not whether a nation as small and insignificant as El Salvador becomes communist or partially democratic. Yet to ignore ideology is to care little for one's own values. The human rights situation in Communist nations is appalling, as it is in many other countries. But no totalitarian regime has ever permitted a change of power, while many authoritarian government have done so--Argentina, Spain, and Greece are prominent examples. A communist El Salvador would never allow true elections; a formerly authoritarian El Salvador is holding them right...
...stake in El Salvador is not just moral: it is also strategic. Vietnam may have been on the other side of the world: Central America is in our backyard. A communist El Salvador would threaten vital American increase the pressure on democratic Honduras and Costa Rica. The growing strength of revolutionary ideology on the isthmus would make the Panama Canal even more vulnerable to attack by terrorists or governments. And a Marxist-dominated Central America would have much adverse effect on Mexico, which faces increasing demographic and political pressures in the years to come...