baba@garth.UUCP (Baba ROM DOS) (03/24/86)
In article <9957@ucla-cs.ARPA> ekrell@ucla-cs.UUCP (Eduardo Krell) writes: >>If the Contras truly support *democracy* why did Arturo Cruz *refuse* >>to participate in the 1984 elections despite repeated requests >>from the Sandinistas and other opposition parties? > >He was applying common sense. He suspected that the elections would be >manipulated by the Sandinistas (whether it actually happened or not is >a different matter and totally irrelevant). He knew that by taking part >in those elections, he would be legitimazing them, so he stayed out. Is this to say that McGovern should have refused to participate in the U.S. election of 1972? Baba