Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site decwrl.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!hou3c!hocda!houxm!ihnp4!zehntel!dual!decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-milrat!brener From: brener@milrat.DEC Newsgroups: net.politics Subject: Re:RE:RE:REAGAN'S JOKE Message-ID: <3671@decwrl.UUCP> Date: Tue, 18-Sep-84 14:28:53 EDT Article-I.D.: decwrl.3671 Posted: Tue Sep 18 14:28:53 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 25-Sep-84 07:01:36 EDT Sender: daemon@decwrl.UUCP Organization: DEC Engineering Network Lines: 18 Wayne, i think your reference to the leftists of El Salvador and Nicaragua as Communists Terrorists is capricious to say the least. The people of El Salvador and Nicaragua were polarized and forced into armed struggle *in response* to the genocidal regimes governing them (often self-servingly referred to as democratic regimes). There are no more death squads in Nicaragua (outside of the contras), there is no capital punishment, the people now have a right to health care, education and employment for the first time, and they don't get their skin ripped off and eyes spooned out of they question the government. In El Salvador the guerilla war could not continue without substantial support from the peasantry, considering the massive fire- power of the military and the war they've waged upon the civilians in this tiny country. The recent demonstration election in El Salvador was farcical as the paricipants were issued registered numbered ballots, and it may be important to note that during the last tenure of Jose Napolean Duarte 20,000 additional deaths were tallied. As for the Khmer Rouge, they now receive massive U.S. support. A people are not won over by empty proclamations of democracy, it's important for you to consider what what is really being dealt to the people before you divide everything up into an East-West conflict.