Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site pyuxa.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!gamma!pyuxww!pyuxa!wetcw From: wetcw@pyuxa.UUCP (T C Wheeler) Newsgroups: net.politics Subject: Re: Innocent Sandanistas Message-ID: <799@pyuxa.UUCP> Date: Wed, 13-Jun-84 08:16:49 EDT Article-I.D.: pyuxa.799 Posted: Wed Jun 13 08:16:49 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 14-Jun-84 00:05:16 EDT References: <793@pyuxa.UUCP>, <379@tty3b.UUCP> Organization: Bell Communications Research, Piscataway N.J. Lines: 27 I stand accused and red faced. The off-loading of the ships was Not in Honduras as I said but Nicaragua. And yes, there have been pictures of arms being unloaded. And yes, there have been interviews with people in the streets who complained about not receiving food and medical supplies from those supposed friends who brought the ships. And yes, the church in Nicaragua is under attack from the government. And yes, opposition party members dare not show their faces in public. And yes, the Sandanista government has CANCELLED the general elections that were set for later this year. And yes, the government is requiring the populace to form into education groups for the soul purpose of stuffing their party line down their throats. And yes, by sending free goodies to the Sandanistas you allow them to purchase more weapons. And yes, Samoza was an animal and should have been wasted 20 years ago. And yes, the people are no better off than now than they were before the revolution. And yes, the church in Nicaragua must take some of the blame for the situation under Samoza. And yes, I was at first glad to see the Sandanistas kick that old f*rt out of power. And yes, I have since had second thoughts as to the motives of the current Sandanista leaders. And finally, yes, the situation in Central America is as complex and intertwined as a New York Central Office frame room. What is the solution? I do not pretend to know, but I know one thing, it is Not as simplistic as some of our more vocal liberals seem to think. T. C. Wheeler