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To: Neocon who wrote (56994)	10/6/1999 5:32:00 PM
From: jlallen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

The reason we turned against the Sandinistas, after originally providing them with aid, was that they were under the tutelage of the Cubans, and the ultimate sponsorship of the Soviet Union, acting as its proxy by channeling resources to other Marxist insurgencies in the area. Given the instability in the region, the porousness of our southern borders, and the existence of an underground network aiding illegals, we were not about to allow the Soviets to control the region... Two points. We were not about to tolerate this meddling in our own backyard anymore than the Soviets would have stood for an insurgency in Poland or any other country behind the Iron Curtain. Second, we didn't need any more communist regimes in this hemisphere. Cuba was a mistake not to be repeated. JLA