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Originally Posted by MOKAN
Since you're so smart, educated, and knowledgeable, I would like for you to explain for those of us who have no idea whatsoever what you were talking about in your example conversation with your average friend, what exactly you were talking about. A person with the qualities you seem to be claiming should be able to do so very quickly, briefly, and in a way that provides us a general outline of everything involved and a foundation for us to dig deeper into the same subject on our own.
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Well, my friend is a very patriotic American who has absolutely no idea what this country has done in the past or has any understanding of American history.
I was trying to explain to her that, we have a very hypocritical foreign policy. On one hand, we tell other countries that we are this freedom loving nation but on the other hand, we have supported some very brutal regimes, dictatorships and opposition groups.
In regards to Nicaragua, I was telling her about how the US supported and backed the Contras, a guerilla opposition group that carried out many violations of human rights including child rape, murder and torture.
The Reagan administration engaged in a campaign to alter public opinion on the Contras, they used to refer to the Contras as "freedom fighters" just like they used to refer to Usama Bin Laden as a "freedom fighter" before he turned against the USA.
People like Bin Laden are essentially "freedom fighters" when they are fighting for our interest but once they turn on us, they become "terrorists"
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