Back
in the 1980s, the Republican Party, under Ronald Reagan, was extremely upset
about the Sandinista revolution in Nicaragua, that put Daniel Ortega in power.
Reagan was so upset about Ortega that he committed an illegal action, now known
as the Iran-Contra affair. He was behind the sale of arms to Iran, a county
that he recognized as a terrorist state! The purpose of the sale, which was
treasonous, was to raise money to give to the Contras, which were terrorists
who used violence against civilians in an attempt to demolish the Sandinista
revolution. Reagan was, in two ways, a supporter of terrorism. A summary is
here.
Ortega
held onto power through a democratic election. Later, he lost an election to
Violetta Chamorro, and Ortega and
his party stepped aside, once again a democratic move. Ortega was not a
dictator.
However,
today, Daniel Ortega really is a
dictator, but the Republicans have nothing to say about him.
In
the 1980s, Ortega was an excuse for Republicans to illegally grab hold of
secret power in America. Today, the Republicans are using immigrants as an
excuse to illegally grab power. The Republicans never really cared one way or
the other about whether Ortega was a dictator.
In
the 1970s, if you did not support the Vietnam War, you were a traitor to
America. In the 1980s, if you did not hate Daniel Ortega, you were a traitor to
America. In the 2000s, if you questioned the Iraq War, you were a traitor to
America. Today, Donald Trump says the Iraq war was stupid, but if you do not
denounce immigrants, or even American-born offspring of immigrants, you are a
traitor to America.
Republicans
define “traitor” as “whoever questions our right to have dictatorial power” and
have always done so.
