[lbo-talk] Rhythm of U.S. Politics and the taks of Leftists , was. . .less than meets the eye

[Gar Lipow]

On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 10:13 AM, Dennis Claxton <ddclaxton at earthlink.net> wrote:
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> After the Sandinistas took power, Carter authorized the CIA to provide
> financial and other support to their opponents. At the same time, Washington
> pressured the Sandinistas to include certain men in the new government.
> Although these tactics failed, the Carter administration did not refuse to
> give aid to Nicaragua. Ronald Reagan was later to point to this and ask:
> "Can anybody doubt the generosity and good faith of the American people?"
> What the president failed to explain was:
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> a) Almost all of the aid had gone to non-governmental agencies and to the
> private sector, including the American Institute for Free Labor Development,
> the long-time CIA front.
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> b) The primary and expressed motivation for the aid was to strengthen the
> hands of the so-called moderate opposition and undercut the influence of
> socialist countries in Nicaragua .
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> c) All military aid was withheld despite repeated pleas from the Nicaraguan
> government about its need and right to such help-the defeated National
> Guardsmen and other Supporters of Somoza had not, after all, disappeared;
> they had regrouped as the "contras" and maintained primacy in the leadership
> of this force from then on.

I also seem to remember that some this aid under Carter was funneled
to the Contras, and that aid to the Contras did not start under
Reagan. It was a long time ago, so can someone confirm this, or tell
I'm remembering incorrectly?
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