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Matagalpa, Nicaragua
December 17, 1998
by Circles Robinson (former editor of Nicaragua Farmers View)
This week, in the wake of hurricane Mitch, the United States Marine Corp
began "operation hope" in Nicaragua in an effort to win hearts and minds,
adoration and admiration for the big boys with THEIR big machines. Now
that we have a government extremely friendly to U.S. and Taiwaneese
political and economic interests we have qualified for a real live "good
will" mission.
On the third day of the "hope" deployment (1,877 marines and over 1,000
vehicles and machines) the same U.S. armed forces began another merciless
attack against Irak. This could of been us here in another space in time
but as a spokesperson for the U.S. embassy stated here, this batch of
soldiers are here on good will and "don't know about history." They
haven't heard or read (I doubt they are allowed to) about Sandino or the
Somozas or the Sandinistas or about the 1980's when the U.S. government
sponsored and directed mass murder and destruction in Nicaragua. The
embassy spokesperson didn't add the obvious, that neither her, her leaders
or the troops remember that the World Court condemned the U.S. agression
and that the U.S. never paid one cent for war crime reparations they
committed here.
Now Nicaraguans are supposed to cheer the good will, put out their hands
for the good candy and keep quiet about the fortune of those now on the
receiving end of the carrott and stick.
Tippy and Hilly already came and Billy, if he is still running the
death/good will ship, is due here in February to put the icing on the
cake. Nicaraguans will be expected to bow and cheer the skipper and beg
for more "good will" ie. a prolongation of the big boys stay here.
That's all for now,
circles
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