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To: Dayuhan who wrote (9274)	5/20/1999 9:12:00 PM
From: D. Long	Respond to of 17770

<<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?>> I've abstained from commenting on this discussion because I am torn on this issue myself, and I think you and Neo have both offered good points. However, on the above comment, I have to say that we would have to remember the context in which these events happened. Remember that the Cold War was still in full swing, and there was a global ideological war which was very real for both parties. You must admit, that a Marxist dictatorship popping up in our backyard at a time when the ComIntern was still advocating global violent revolution, was enough to get our panties in a bundle. I think the situation would be far different today, under different political circumstances. At the time, every half-baked Marxist organization, whether sponsored by Moscow or not, raised the spectre of Soviet nukes within spitting distance of the Rio Grande.