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Graham states that "if we had done something about Somaza's corrupt dictatorship in 1974 or 1977, we would not be where we are in 1987." He apparently does not recall that Luis Somoza Debayle began his corrupt and murderous regime with U.S. backing in 1956, and that his father, Anastasio Somoza (who ordered the assassination of Auigusto Cesar Sandino), was handed the dictatorship of Nicaragua by the U.S. Marines in 1937. In fact, if Mr. Graham laments the situation we find ourselves presently, perhaps he should explore the earliest episode of U.S. intervention in Nicaragua--the 1855 invasion...
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...
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