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 Kerry’s
Game Remains the Same
Nancy Salvato
May 28, 2004 |
I remember in the early 1980’s when I was an
undergraduate, there were a small number of students and faculty involved in
an Organization on campus called LOSPES (I think the acronym stood for
Loyola in Solidarity for the People of El Salvador). Those who belonged to
this organization were against the Reagan administration’s policies toward
Nicaragua and El Salvador. President Reagan wanted to defeat Soviet
sponsored revolutionaries in the American hemisphere. His administration
believed this was a threat to us because of our involvement in the Cold War
against the spread of Communism and world dominance by the Soviet Union.
One of the faculty members involved in this organization was openly
Socialist. Being young and easily influenced, I joined LOSPES for a brief
period because I believed all that I was taught in the lectures given by
these leftist faculty members with regards to U.S. foreign policy in Central
America. I thought I was well versed in our government’s agenda.
During those LOSPES days, John Kerry was a leading opponent of President
Reagan’s effort to squelch Soviet sponsored terrorism in Nicaragua through
financing an anticommunist guerrilla army (Contras) to fight against the
Sandinista National Liberation Front. "Kerry assailed Reagan’s
anticommunist, pro-democracy policy as barbaric.”[1] He and Sen. Tom Harkin
(D) went to Managua and held secret talks with Sandinista leader Daniel
Ortega. He came back with a plan that didn’t include any dialogue with the
unified democratic opposition. There was no commitment to national
reconciliation.
Barry Goldwater (R) accused Kerry and Harkin of breaking the law by holding
unauthorized negotiations with a foreign leader. Sens. Kennedy (D) and Byrd
(D) praised Kerry and Harkin (no surprise). Kerry reminded everyone that he
was a Vietnam veteran and was wounded in the conflict (what else is new?).
[2]
It’s important to note that Secretary of State George Schultz admonished,
"Just as the Vietnamese communists used progressive and nationalist slogans
to conceal their intentions, the Nicaraguan communists employ the slogans of
social reform, nationalism and democracy to obscure their totalitarian
goals.”[3]
The House rejected aid for the Contras and the Sandinistas went to the
U.S.S.R. for Soviet support. Kerry didn’t blame the Sandinistas for this
development; he blamed Reagan for rejecting his alleged peace proposal. He
said Reagan, "forced Ortega to look to the Soviets for help.”[4] That’s like
saying that Bush started the war on terror rather than respond to the
terrorist threat. Thank goodness we didn’t work through the United Nations;
a corrupt organization who’s stalling tactics allowed Saddam to hide his
weapons of mass destruction.
Kerry launched a campaign to discredit the Reagan administration and their
support of the Contras. Evidence was based on information from a dead
informant whom they never met. Hmm, that sounds familiar…kind of like the
foreign support that Kerry claims during his current presidential campaign.
There were many allegations that Kerry’s staff bribed potential witnesses to
testify against Contras. Kerry endorsed a group that included open
supporters of the Sandinistas, the Cuban govt. of Fidel Castro, and FMLN
guerillas of El Salvador. Kerry used Senate letterhead to praise this group
and ask for help with their fundraising. This money was used to pay for the
expenses of the disputed witnesses.
Kerry’s shenanigans faded to black in the face of the Iran-Contra scandal,
when it was discovered that certain elements in the Reagan administration
struck a deal to swap arms for hostages in Iran. During the investigation,
"Bush accused Kerry of leaking unsubstantiated allegations that his office
approved drugs-for-weapons deals to arm the contras.” [5] There was never
any evidence to substantiate these claims, however, Kerry succeeded in
muddying the reputations of a lot of people who couldn’t publicly testify to
clear their names. Eventually, free elections were held in Nicaragua and the
Sandinistas lost. The Communist insurgency in El Salvador collapsed.[6]
Democracy triumphed.
Today, some of the players have changed but the game is the same. Now our
enemy is Osama bin Laden and other terrorists. They want to achieve world
dominance and we are their sworn enemies. There is a left wing element
influencing the students in our major universities. The majority of
professors in colleges across the country are registered Democrats. The
National Education Association’s political committee has recommended Kerry’s
endorsement for President.
Recently, students at The College of DuPage, a Midwestern college, made up
of the Student leadership Committee; Campus Greens; Youth for Christ; Latino
Ethnic Awareness Association; Newman Association; and Students for
Democratic Foreign Policy, joined with the Faith based PEACE Coalition to
call for an end to the war in Iraq and have a day of peace activities.
Included in this was a screening of MoveOn.org’s (a liberal left 527 PAC
which accepts money from George Soros who condones overthrowing sovereign
governments) "Uncovered: the Whole Truth About the Iraq War,” and "Where We
Stood; Chicago’s Resistance to the U.S. War In Iraq.”[7] It’s not LOSPES but
the philosophy guiding their mission remains the same.
Kerry’s continued support for the United Nations (recently implicated in the
oil for food scandal in Iraq) is reminiscent of his sympathy for Daniel
Ortega. He still doesn’t understand when he is being hoodwinked by
non-sympathetic organizations or dictators. Rather than put the security of
our great nation first and foremost, he continues to allow those with their
own best interests at heart to influence his decisions regarding the welfare
of our country. His policies jeopardize the continued sovereignty of our
country and our influence around the world.
John Kerry has been endorsed by the likes of Mahathir Mohamad and Hugo
Chavez, yet the Democratic Party is trying very hard to paint him as a
moderate.[8] John Kerry is a wannabe radical hiding in elitist clothing,
still living in the 1960’s as evidenced by his comparison of all foreign
policy to Vietnam.
6 Kerry and the Communists
www.aim.org/media_monitor_print/1390_0_2_0/
1-5 Kerry used enemy to win battle at home
www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=38529
8 National Review, Back in Sandinista Days pp.27-30
www.nationalreview.com
7 Weekend Edition Reporter/Progress Apr 30, May 1& 2 2004 p27
Peace Fair planned at COD
Nancy Salvato is a middle school teacher in Illinois and an independent
contractor for Prism Educational Consulting. She is the Educational Liaison
to IL Sen. Ray Soden and she works with national and local organizations
furthering the cause of Civic Education. She is a columnist for American
Daily, The Common Voice, GOP-USA, OpinionEditorials and The New Media Journal.us. Her
writing has been recognized by the US Secretary of Education. She has been published in
The Washington Times, The Washington Dispatch,
Iconoclast, Free Republic Network & Townhall.com., as well as other
nationally and internationally published media outlets.
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