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To: Thomas M. who wrote (49418)	10/4/2002 6:38:04 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (1) of 281500

Those Indians were being armed and funded by the CIA to overthrow the democratically elected government. Calling the Sandinistas "democratically elected" is ridiculous... I could just as readily claim that Somoza was democratically elected also... Because Somoza DID hold elections... Elections that he always manipulated so he could win. And the Sandinistas did exactly the same thing by killing, or forcing into exile, any Nicaraguan who dared oppose them... It was the Nicaraguan middle class and business sector that rose up to oust Somoza. The Sandinistas could never do it alone (they'd been trying for years to no avail).. But when the middle class found themselves being increasingly isolated by the greed of Somoza and his family, they said "enough is enough" and formed a temporary alliance with the Sandinistas. And when they came to power, they destroyed the very middle class that had assisted them in getting there in the first place. But knowing you Thomas, how could anyone expect anything less than such utter BS about the Sandinistas being "democratic"?? Hawk

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