>Now there's a place that really benefited from the benign hand of US foreign policy over the years.
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>I'm not saying that situation wasn't a mess, but what some fail to consider is what would have happened without our "benign hand"

And what do you think would have happened. Nicaragua develops atomic weapons and intermediate range ballistics missiles.

You supported a despot in somoza and when he was overthrown you supported a terrorist campaign to unseat the Sandanistas. No attempt at engagement. You might like to remember that next time you are bleating about terrorist outrages against the US.