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Article: Sever diplomatic relations? (questions and answers regarding the United States' relationship to Nicaragua)
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- National Review
- Article date:
- May 3, 1985
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Q: We do, do we not, have diplomatic relations with the government of Nicaragua?
A: Yet.
Q: That being the case, how can we, under international law, gie aid and comfort to armed militants whose stated intention is to overthrow the government we are recognizing?
A: Our official rationale, in giving aid to the Contras, has been to help the government of El Salvador. That government has been assaulted by rebels who are supplied by Nacaragua, indeed whose headquarters for a long time were in Managua.
Q: What business is it of the United States, party #1, to help El Salvador, party #2, resist an act of aggression by Nicaragua, party #3?