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To: Neocon who wrote (9251)	5/20/1999 7:56:00 PM
From: robnhood	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 17770

Saddam, like many other dictators are fine with the US.... It's when they get funny ideas in their heads like actually helping their people, or forgetting who the real bosses are..... As far as the Contras,, Didn't Ollie North break the Law big time-- of course his boss pardoned him--- American Justice....

To: Neocon who wrote (9251)	5/20/1999 8:56:00 PM
From: Dayuhan	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 17770

The Sandinistas established a dictatorship inimical to US interests. Is it really reasonable to demand that the Government of Nicaragua be responsive to American interests? What happens when a government decides that the interests of their own people do not coincide with those of the US? Do we have the right to overthrow them? What kind of dictatorship holds an election, and steps down when it loses? Not that the Sandinistas were lovely folks, but they were by all accounts a big step up from Somoza.

To: Neocon who wrote (9251)	5/21/1999 2:09:00 AM
From: Andy Thomas	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 17770

>>Similarly, we worked with the Ba'athist regime in Iraq until it became clear that it threatened US strategic interests, and now we are trying to overthrow it...Unsuccessfully, I might add...<< Ah.. but there might lie some grist for rrman's mill: About 2-3 years ago, wasn't the CIA about to launch some operation with the Kurds out of Northern Iraq, but for some unknown reason our operatives broke and ran, leaving the Kurds in the lurch? FWIW Andy