Tuesday, November 28, 2006

Rumsfeld replacement advocated bombings of Nicaragua

A recently released memo from 1984 showed that Robert Gates- President Bush’s nominee to succeed Donald Rumsfeld as Secretary of Defense- advocated the use of air strikes against Nicaragua’s Sandinista regime. Gates- who was at the time deputy director of the CIA- warned that the Sandinistas “threatened the stability of Central America” and called for “hard measures” including economic sanctions and increased funds for the anti-communist “contras.”


Gates is expected to pass confirmation in the Senate but not without heavy questioning over his role in Nicaragua and the infamous Iran-Contra scandal.

Links- Seattle Times, International Herald Tribune, United Press International, The Latin Americanist (blog)

Image- BBC News

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1 comment:

  1. Hodad12:52 PM

    yes and for this why is this piece of shit now head of defense, more like dept. of offense
    abolish the military
    impeach and hang Bush and ALL his narco biz cronies

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