> So what we see is the cold war history repeating itself as it were twice,
> first time as a tragedy, second time as a diabolical farce - complete with
> grotesque dictators, kings, sheiks, prophets, followers driving themselves
> to a religious frenzy, and kindred characters from the [religion
> deleted] menagerie.
Throw in the contras, and you have an extraordinarily precise description of the early Reagan Administration, no?
-- Dennis