Given what happened in this country last night, this is almost funny in that ironical way that is just too strange.
Former Marxist revolutionary Daniel Ortega won back Nicaragua's presidency, according to updated results released Tuesday.
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In the waning weeks of the campaign, Bush administration officials issued veiled threats that the United States might impose punitive measures such as a trade embargo if Ortega was elected.
Jeebus, the NeoCons can go on to relive all their old Cold War fantasies about Nicaragua again. The old gang has been reconstitued in DC for the last six years, all they need is Ollie North, and few others from the "good old days" and it's off to the races again.
I wonder if they can "not negotiate with terrorists" in Iran just for old times sake to reconstitute the Contras. You just know they want to...
posted by Jo Fish on 11.08.06 at 07:03 AM
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Maybe they can find some more TOWs or MANPADS to sell.
It's more weird than you think. Ortega and now, ex-CIA Gates as Sec. of Defense.
Robert M. Gates was the Central Intelligence Agency's deputy director for intelligence (DDI) from 1982 to 1986. He was confirmed as the CIA's deputy director of central intelligence (DDCI) in April of 1986 and became acting director of central intelligence in December of that same year. Owing to his senior status in the CIA, Gates was close to many figures who played significant roles in the Iran/contra affair and was in a position to have known of their activities.
Go figure.
posted by: Balzar on 11.08.06 at 01:54 PM [permalink]
