Re: The Cold War

[Andy Austin <soc40001@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, 6 Nov 1994, Herbert Gintis wrote:

> 	Clearly the right wing in the US got a lot from the cold war,
> and now that boost is gone. This makes me very happy. However, I still
> don't understand why the US has made such a strong about-face on
> supporting democratic regimes. This change began under Carter
> (Nicaragua), and continued under Reagan (the Phillipines, Pakistan),
> and under Bush (El Salvador) and Clinton (Haiti). Perhaps I have my
> facts wrong, but the turnabout seems inexplicable to me, given the
> timing. Otherwise I would say that it is due to the end of the cold
> war.

Could you clarify this statement? Which are the rightwing regimes here?
Which are the democratic ones? About-face from what, rightwing regimes? or
democratic ones?

AWA