orb@whuxl.UUCP (SEVENER) (12/08/84)
I think the point of those pointing out such gross spelling errors
is to point out a more general ignorance.
Earlier I pointed out that the Sandinistas had gone to "Europe" to
ask for weapons rather than Moscow, but the Reagan administration had
pressured European governments not to sell any weapons.
T.C. Wheeler then claimed that, if "I had listened to NPR or the NYTimes
that I would know they said *Eastern Europe*"
I *knew* that was not the case since I had read the editorial and the
point made was that *the Reagan administration put pressure on these
countries not to sell arms to Nicaragua* -just think logically, would
there be much point in putting pressure on Hungary not to sell Nicaragua
arms? How could the US have *any* leverage there? Obviously it could not.
Well, I found the article and I think T.C. had better listen to his
NPR reports more carefully. Here is a direct quote from the New York Times,
Friday, Nov. 9th, 1984, page A30:
"That they (the Sandinistas) have turned for help to the Soviet
Union is deplorable, but it was the United States that blocked
their arms purchases in WESTERN EUROPE." (emphasis mine)
Does T.C. really listen to NPR or read the New York Times?
I am not saying he should but he should not claim to know facts that just
ain't so......
As for the "Contradoras", again, the New York Times, Wednesday, Nov. 14,1984
Page A9:
"In an apparent refernce to the United States, Mexico's Foreign
Minister, Bernardo Sepulveda Amor, criticized 'maneuvers aimed at
weakening or frustrating' the group's peace efforts."
For several years, Reagan's administration has touted the Contadora effort.
Until the Nicaraguans endorsed it. Why the turnaround?
In general if I cite newspapers or other sources I try to be accurate.
I wish everyone on the net would do the same..
tim sevener whuxl!orb