What is our central american strategy?

Founding Ideals ^ | November 14, 2010 | Aaron Gee

[agee]

Nicaragua invaded and assumed control of a small section of Costa Rica in late October. At first Nicaragua blamed the incursion on Google Maps. This farcical explanation belies the fact that Nicaragua has for years wanted the property on the other side of the San Juan River for its own canal from the Pacific to Atlantic. That project was originally dreamed up when Nicaragua was a Soviet Client state and a completed canal project would be a game changer. Currently the canal project is funded by Iran and Venezuela while Nicaragua is led by the same man that led the country during the cold war, Daniel Ortega.

This deliberately provocative action has elicited little more than a yawn from the US. Costa Rica has no standing army, so its response has been mostly diplomatic, through the Organization of American States (OAS). The OAS called for an immediate withdraw of Nicaraguan troops. Ortega’s response was to state that the OAS is irrelevant and that the permanent council’s vote was “manipulated” and “a conspiracy.” The only nation voting against the resolution for withdraw was Venezuela.

A foreign enemy working with anti US countries not far from our borders and our strategic interests has shades of Cuba 1962 written all over it. The US response to the Nicaraguan incursion currently only emboldens the two most anti US regimes in our hemisphere who are currently playing footsie with Iran. The state department even claims that it is unaware of any new canal being planned. The burgeoning problem is a ticking time bomb and our President has a choice. He can either act like Neville Chamberlain circa 1938 or John F. Kennedy Circa 1962. The fate of central american peace hangs in the balance.

[kenavi]

Ortega got elected back into power because the two leading conservative parties couldn't work together and so their vote was split.

Ortega also made an alliance with the corrupt former President Aleman, a rancher who looted the Treasury worse than the old Somoza dictators.

Since gaining power again, the Sandinistas have rigged the votes of the municipal elections, everybody in Nicaragua believes this is what happened.

The local people there who lived through the '80s generally no longer want anything to do with political radicalism. Ortega generally leaves people alone, that's why there's been no mass movement to remove him.

[GladesGuru]

Given that you are not from America, it is understandable that you still have beliefs like:
“let´s hope that the UN puts a butt whopping on him this time..”.

The UN has never met a commie or a totalitarian they did not like. Waiting for the UN to do anything against Chavez is like waiting for Godot.

Better bring lunch.

[GladesGuru]

People dumb enough to go commie twice in a row are our enemies. List ‘em and deal with them.

One of the things Bush did correctly do was make clear that those who support our enemies are also our enemies.

The place WOULD make a great training area.

[merena]

Where did you get the idea that I am not FROM America? I was born in Dallas, Texas.

[GladesGuru]

My apologies, and I do mean apology. I had read your about page and still erred. Sorry ‘bout that.

Perhaps my confusion can be traced to my puzzlement over Jews who accept socialism. Perhaps that comes from confusing the Mosaic call for a just society with “social justice”, the collectivist ‘Mantra of the Moment’.

Bets of luck being orthodox in a commie country like Nicaragua.

On the positive side, a friend brought two of his shooting buddies out to my place to exercise my pistol and rifle range. One of them mentioned seeing many orthodox Jews in the gun store he favors.

Wrapping ones self in the Second Amendment is always a good idea. Speaking of same, what guns are you and your family allowed to possess in Danny Boy’s workers paradise?