Sporting a shamrock in his lapel, Ronald Reagan was about to get his hair cut in the White House basement when he took time to talk to Washington Contributing Editor Hugh Sidey. As the subject turned to Nicaragua, the President's St. Patrick's Day cheer evaporated and he became unusually intense and passionate. Excerpts from the interview:
On the U.S. goal. The cancer that has to be excised is Nicaragua. We can try and help those people who want freedom to bring it about themselves. We have a right to help the people of Nicaragua who are demanding what we think are...
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