Article from the Washington Post: The Soviet Union Fought
the Cold War in Nicaragua. Now Putin’s Russia is Back.
The Russians are coming, the Russians are coming. Forget
Medicare for all, forget free college tuition, forget Planned Parenthood and climate
change, forget deportations, mass incarceration, voter suppression and
inequality – THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING!
To prove their point, the Washington Post found it necessary
to drag out old Cold War lies about the then Soviet Union setting up a client
state in Nicaragua and combine it with the same kind of innuendo that Ronnie
used to sponsor the Contra war against the Sandinista in the 1980s. In fact, if
you change the dates and a few (not many) of the names in the Post article, it
could have been written in 1984 (sic).
The article goes on to insinuate that Russian diplomacy in
Afghanistan and the Middle East and trade in South America are all part the sinister Russian plot to win a new Cold War. It uses terms such as “the Russian buildup
in Nicaragua” and speculates that a Russian GPS satellite facility in that
country will be used to spy on the US.
The problem with this hype is that it wasn’t true in the
1980s and there is little evidence it’s true today. But that hasn’t stopped the
liberal establishment from doing the Donald’s work for him. Divert attention
from his domestic plans which he can’t get off the ground (repeal and replace,
tax “reform”) and from controversy over his advisers. Give the Donald a chance to look like a strong
leader by initiating military strikes that will have negligible effect but look
“awesome” and will put to rest fears that the Donald is Putin’s lapdog.
“Thanks for your help, liberal hawks, you’ve handled me a
pass for at least several months. Now I can get back to the real business of
screwing the American people” - The Donald
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