Though he has generally been circumspect about saying it outright, Ronald Reagan for his entire presidency has considered the dismantling of Nicaragua's pro-Soviet Sandinista regime both a geopolitical objective and a moral crusade. Last week the President all but abandoned circumspection.
In his fight for more military aid to the contras, Nicaragua's rebel forces, he took off his gloves and came out swinging, warning of "strategic disaster" if Congress thwarted him. Emboldened by the U.S. role in helping to achieve a peaceful transition in Manila, he made a rather forced comparison: "We stood for democracy in the Philippines," he said. "We...
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