Meet the newly nominated candidate for the position of US Secretary of Defense, Robert Gates. It's a good thing that he's to run the War Department because he is not exactly a man of peace nor does he seem to have much of a knowledge of or respect for international law.
When he was at the CIA in the 1980s he advocated "dealing" with the Sandinista government in Nicaragua in a four point plan that entailed:
When he was at the CIA in the 1980s he advocated "dealing" with the Sandinista government in Nicaragua in a four point plan that entailed:
- US air strikes "to destroy a considerable portion of Nicaragua's military build-up".
- Warning Cuba and the USSR that the US would not allow further weapons deliveries to the Nicaraguan government.
- Tougher economic sanctions including a naval blockade
- Switching diplomatic recognition from the legitimately elected government to the rag tag band of right wingers and oligarchs that comprised the so-called "contra".
It is good to see that we are likely to be pursuing a new and independent course in Iraq then.
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