( Ortega ) Nicaragua president to visit Iran in Gaddafi's jet

yahoo...(Reuters) ^ | june 3 | Ivan Castro

[george76]

Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, who has raised eyebrows in Washington by forging ties with Iran, said on Sunday he will travel to the country aboard a jet on loan from Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.

Ortega, a Cold War-era enemy of Washington who is an ally of U.S. antagonist Hugo Chavez of Venezuela, told reporters he was leaving for Caracas, the first stop in a 10-day tour that will take him to Iran, Algeria, Libya and Cuba.

" We want to improve relations with Iran in all fields, in all areas,"...

A former Marxist guerrilla who fought U.S.-backed Contra rebels during his 1980s government, Ortega has reached out to Iran since recapturing the presidency this year. He has hosted Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Managua.

[Army Air Corps]

May air turbulence (spelled S A M) meet him.

[BenLurkin]

Friend of Carter — yes?

[george76]

Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega (L) greets Iran's Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki during a meeting in Managua April 21, 2007...

[george76]

Yes and john cary

[ca centered]

I was in Costa Ricca recently. The Costa Ricans are simple, but in general, good people. I could see it from my own experience that the majority of the trouble makers and low lifes were from Nicaragua. There was a definate ethnic differance. Poor Costa Rica.

[jveritas]

Two losers.

[Godwin1]

He’s just trying to be noticed. And collect a little cash: Ortega stole with both hands when he ran Nicaragua. A great pal of Chris Dodd and Teddy Kennedy. The Iranians will throw him a few bucks if he bashes America. We’d be best advised to ignore him—just another Third World jerk looking to gain attention. He’s yesterday’s story.

[RDTF]

Where’s Ollie?!

[river rat]

This is Carter’s buddy...
Does anyone else see the pattern...
The banana republics and the oil producers have finally received enough money to convince themselves that they - collectively - can take on the paper tiger America..

America - the nation that can not defend its own borders..
America - the nation that won’t fight a war to win anymore..
America - where half the Congress is ready to surrender immediately to the Islamists..
America - the nation that thought wearing a white hat and being charitable to all would win their support and affection.
America - who needs another “greatest generation” to come to her defense....

Will America find that “generation” before it is too late?
I’m beginning to doubt it..

[marron]

Carbon credits? Should he not buy some carbon credits to offset the environmental cost of his visit?

[Prokopton]

Nicaragua is another example that, just because a country gains the ability, through U.S. involvement, to have democratic elections, doesn’t mean they won’t freely elect tyrants, sometimes the same ones they had before democracy.

[Vn_survivor_67-68]

Kerry Went to Extreme Lengths to Back Communist Ortega and Undermine U.S.

http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2004/5/19/161842.shtml

[george76]

  Tom Harkin and jon cary have always been a big supporter of every Communist dictator who has come down the pike:

[ConservativeStatement]

[george76]

Billy Carter had some dealings with Omar Khaddafi in Libya.

Bob Hope had a line that “the main difference between Jimmy Carter and his brother was that Billy had a foreign policy.”

[Chgogal]

“Will America find that “generation” before it is too late?
I’m beginning to doubt it.”

Even here on FR we have nay sayers....

Yes, I’m beginning to doubt we, as a nation, have the character to win another war. Shame on us for lacking spine. November 2006 was hopefully not the beginning of the end.

[Chgogal]

Sheesh, he’s still on the wrong side.

[BIGLOOK]

And all this time I thought Ortega was a 'canned' chile.

Did Carter monitor the last (and I mean 'last') elections in Nicaragua?

[BnBlFlag]

Take a page from the War against Japan and shoot the damn plane down ala Yamamoto!