Imagine the US presidential election is under in a close contest. During the later stages of the campaign the a spokesman for China says that if candidate A is elected that the Chinese government will have to rethink its policy of financing American current account deficits or the ministers of the OPEC nations state that if candidate A wins they will reduce oil exports to the US by 50%. I can just hear the, totally justifiable, outrage that would come from all corners of the American political spectrum about this interference in the democratic process.
So where is the outrage, uproar and condemnation related to the American administration's obvious and coercive attempts to intervene in the Nicaraguan presidential election?
I am getting older; perhaps I've just gone deaf.
(Note: I am not a big fan of Daniel Ortega but he is probably better than the other choices and in any case isn't it up to the Nicaraguan people to decide on the person most acceptable to the US as their head of state?)
A more serious treatment of the issues at stake in the election may be found here.
So where is the outrage, uproar and condemnation related to the American administration's obvious and coercive attempts to intervene in the Nicaraguan presidential election?
I am getting older; perhaps I've just gone deaf.
(Note: I am not a big fan of Daniel Ortega but he is probably better than the other choices and in any case isn't it up to the Nicaraguan people to decide on the person most acceptable to the US as their head of state?)
A more serious treatment of the issues at stake in the election may be found here.
No comments:
Post a Comment