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To: Thomas M. who wrote (730)	2/11/2003 11:58:15 AM
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In the case of Nicaragua, the compliance of elite opinion is revealed very clearly by what is called "the debate" over the U.S. intervention. This debate reached its peak in the first three months of 1986, as Congress prepared to vote on Contra aid. During this period, the two major national newspapers - the New York Times and the Washington Post - devoted to this matter no less than 85 opinion pieces by regular columnists and invited contributors. All 85 were critical of the Sandinistas, the overwhelming majority bitterly hostile; thus, total conformity was maintained on the central issue. The Culture of Terrorism p203