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Politics : Piffer Thread on Political Rantings and Ravings -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Oral Roberts who wrote (13880)	6/7/2004 11:11:46 AM
From: Richnorth	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14610

Ronald Reagan was a great president to many folks like you. But, to the Nicaraguans in general and the Sandinistas in particular, Reagan was a cruel and heartless man. Whilst espousing and extolling freedom and democracy, he was the very antithesis of what he was popularly known for where Nicaragua was concerned. Not only did Reagan help to topple the popularly elected Sandinista government there by funding and supplying the Contras (euphemistically called "Freedom Fighters"), with profits from arms sales to Iran, he ensured that Nicaragua was destroyed economically thereafter. Result: today Nicaragua is a pale shadow of its former self, and poverty and sickness are evident everywhere; all this thanks to the man many have adopted as their venerable "Grandpa". Why did the US "destroy" Nicaragua politically (in the 1980s) and economically? Simply because the US feared that the venturesome spirit set by the Sandinistas might spark other Central American countries into asserting their themselves. With the Cold War still on and the US subconsciously overrating the might and capabilities of the "Evil Empire", any breakaway Central American country was not to be tolerated.................................. FWIW, here's an interesting read:- rense.com

To: Oral Roberts who wrote (13880)	6/7/2004 11:40:24 AM
From: MulhollandDrive	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14610

Quite a change from the very moment he was sworn i remember the change of the public attitude that developed toward the military as well...he obviously had a great love for the armed forces... "We were really helped when President Ronald Reagan came in. I remember noncommissioned officers who were going to retire and they re-enlisted because they believed in President Reagan. I remember when he gave his speech on the 40th anniversary of Normandy. I don't know how many of you all--do we have any World War II veterans in this room? Anybody who is here? I think we ought to give our World War II veterans a hand. I was a colonel at the Pentagon. I was working for the Army chief of staff and doing lessons learned and things. And I didn't get to go to the celebration of Normandy, but we heard the speech when he gave it. He talked about how the rangers took Pointe de Hoc. He talked about how they did it for love. And we all cried. That's the kind of president Ronald Reagan was. He helped our country win the Cold War. He put it behind us in a way no one ever believed would be possible. He was truly a great American leader. And those of us in the Armed Forces loved him, respected him and tremendously admired him for his great leadership." ~General Wesley Clark, 2001 opinionjournal.com