In the presence of a dictatorial regime which openly espouses the spread of Marxist revolution throughout the hemisphereand our hemisphere. not some land halfway around the globethe postVietnam mindset has completely disabled us and kept us from doing even the bare minimum. And it is a bare minimum that will be at issue tomorrow. The McCurdyMcDade amendment provides only humanitarian aid. It is not as strong as I would have liked. but it is a reasonable compromise which provides assistance to the right people and does not encourage Nicaraguans to become refugees. as the Hamilton amendment does. Not even the freedomseeking people of Nicaragua can blame us for suffering through the national posttraumatic neurosis that is the legacy of Vietnam. The war was that serious a trauma.
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