Re: Reagan dead

["Perelman, Michael" <MPerelman@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

It was Ford, not Carter that ok's the slaughter in E. Timor.

Michael Perelman
Economics Department
California State University
Chico, CA
95929

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From: PEN-L list [mailto:PEN-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Carrol Cox
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Subject: Re: [PEN-L] Reagan dead

Mark Laffey wrote:
>
> Did anyone else see the CNN hagiography?  He was 93 - how many people
died as a result of his policies?
>
> Mark


Most or all of the Reagan policies that led to so many deaths were
policies initiated during the Carter administration. I think it
especially important to recall this in the midst of the current ABB
hysteria.

It was Carter above all who sponsored the slaughter in East Timor.

It was Carter who in effect approved in advance of the murder of Bishop
Romero and of the ongoing massacres in Central America.

It was Carter who began the war in Afghanistan that led directly to the
present horrors.

It was Carter who began the military build-up that Reagan merely
continued.

It was Carter who began the deregulation process that Reagan merely
continued.

Carrol