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| | :: 19.org Article :: | Guest Articles | Why it's Over for America (Noam Chomsky) |
 | | He explained why the administration had to support the murderous and corrupt Somoza regime in Nicaragua, and, when that proved impossible, to try at least to maintain the US-trained National Guard even as it was massacring the population "with a brutality a nation usually reserves for its enemy," killing some 40,000 people. |
 | | One consequence is that the Bush administration's pursuit of the traditional policies of deterring democracy faces new obstacles. |
 | | In Haiti, the Bush administration's favorite "democracy-building group, the International Republican Institute," worked assiduously to promote the opposition to President Aristide, helped by the withholding of desperately needed aid on grounds that were dubious at best. |
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