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Since then, the rancor has been aggravated by philosophical differences. Dornan, once dubbed "B-1 Bob," has flown the controversial bomber and is a devoted fan. He also comes down on the Administration's side as a staunch advocate of U.S. support for the anti-Sandinista contras in Nicaragua. Downey calls the B-1 "a flying frying pan" and has repeatedly criticized policies on Nicaragua...
...latest campaign began two weeks ago with President Reagan's televised assertion that he would like to see the "present structure" of the Sandinista regime removed. As he put it, Reagan wanted to make its leaders "say uncle" and include the contra opposition in their government. The President's remarks represented his most forthright departure to date from his previous insistence that the purpose of U.S. support for the contras was to force Nicaragua to cut off, or at least reduce, support for insurgents in neighboring El Salvador. Reagan's words seemed designed to jar Congress into releasing $14 million...
Whatever the results of the Sandinista peace campaign, the Administration's tough tone seemed to focus congressional opinion, but not necessarily in ways that the White House liked. Before Ortega's statement, House Speaker Tip O'Neill, a Democrat, weighed in with a stern reply to Reagan's "uncle" remark. Said O'Neill: "The U.S. has played 'uncle' in Latin America for far too long. It is time to play brother." Speaking to a group of Canadian business executives during a Time Inc. news tour in Washington, Delaware's Democratic Senator Joseph Biden charged that "we have simply been lied...
...months, if not years, he has fairly itched to come out and say it, and last week he almost did. Asked at a nationally televised news conference if he wanted to "remove the Sandinista government in Nicaragua," President Reagan replied, "Well, remove it in the sense of its present structure," which he described scornfully as "a Communist totalitarian state" and "not a government chosen by the people...
Without question, the contra campaign is having a severe effect on the Sandinistas' ability to run the country. The fighting now drains off over half the regime's budget. Says Daniel Nunez, a Sandinista deputy in the National Assembly: "The war is a curse." Billboards throughout the country implore EVERYTHING FOR THE COMBATANTS, EVERYTHING FOR THE WAR FRONT. Draftees as young as twelve are willing to die for the cause, but increasing numbers of middle-class parents are sending their sons out of the country. Many Nicaraguans have grown increasingly disenchanted with the Sandinistas over the past few months. Consumer...