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...even if the Arias plan were still a going concern, a question remains: Why should the U.S. allow its interests and policies in Central America to be determined by others? House Speaker Jim Wright was asked about putting contra aid in escrow, to be released depending on future Sandinista behavior. Perhaps, said Wright, but only "if we're willing to abide by the determination of those Central Americans themselves . . . rather than allowing someone in the State Department simply on his whim to say who is complying...
...Wright disdains the idea of leaving determinations critical to American foreign policy to "someone in the State Department" -- say, the Secretary of State. The Speaker, who has of late been playing the plenipotentiary, perhaps fancies himself better suited to the role. But it is truly odd to prefer leaving such determinations to foreigners. Most countries devote enormous resources to maintaining independence of judgment in foreign policy. Only in America does the majority leader offer a foreign policy for export...
AFTER the vote, a jubilant House Speaker Jim Wright, who has become another Secretary of State on this issue, was forced to acknowledge the tremendous risks involved...
...leading the fight against contra aid, Wright has made such a scenario all the more likely. With the contra threat eliminated, the Sandinistas are certainly no more likely to comply with the principles of the Arias plan and take serious steps towards democratization...
...Wright and the other 218 congressmen who voted against military aid really willing to trust the Sandinistas' good will? What can they do if the Sandinistas, politically secure at home, renege on their promises to take steps towards democratization and begin to undermine the fragile and fledgling republics that surround them...