paul@phs.UUCP (Paul C. Dolber) (09/24/84)
From National Review, Oct 5, 1984, p. 20:
"Tomas Borge, leader of the pro-Soviet hard-line faction within
the Sandinista regime, told West German journalists that the
prospects of the democratic opposition's winning in the upcoming
elections equaled his prospects of 'boarding a spaceship and flying
to Jupiter.'"
Wow! What confidence! Wonder how he can be so confident?
From Durham Morning Herald, Sep 23, p 2A (AP story):
"About 2,000 Sandinista backers wielding machetes, clubs and chains
broke up an opposition political meeting Saturday for the third time
in a week... The pro-government mob surrounded a house in Masaya...
and forced [opposition leader] Cruz and 50 supporters to leave,
according to an [AP] photographer at the scene... Police on Friday
rescued Cruz from some 300 hostile Sandinista supporters who broke
up a political meeting in Roaco... On Wednesday, several thousand
Sandinista followers trapped Cruz during a meeting at a school at
Leon... and hurled stones and spit at him as he was led off by police."
"The crowds are called 'divine mobs' because they have been publicly
praised by government junta leader Daniel Ortega as an expression of
people defending the Sandinista revolution."
Ah, "divine mobs" -- no wonder Borge is so complacent, God's on their side.
Regards, Paul Dolber @ DUMC (...duke!phs!paul).pollack@uicsl.UUCP (10/06/84)
Please rank democracy on a scale from 1 to 10: Nicaragua (with Somoza), El Salvador, Guatemala, Chile, Paraguay, etc.: Opposition leaders die from death squads. South Africa: 73% population has no rights Phillipines, Turkey: Opposition leaders incommunicado in prison, or in exile. Soviet Union: Opposition on Funny Farms. Nicaragua (now), Israel: Mean and nasty armed Hecklers U.S: Mean and nasty (but unarmed) "Fritzbusters" Hey Guy! Heckling is in! Of course when your entire population is armed, so will be the hecklers. Don't you think the anti-abortionists who heckle Ferraro are considered by some (who probably read the National Review) to be the "divine mob"? Jordan