Session #100 · 1987–89

Speech #1000150915

He said he was going to request 50.000 United States troops be stationed in Honduras if this peace process fails and if the Contras are no longer a viable force. so where are these troops going to come from? So the bottom line is the Soviets would like to put us in a difficult position on the soft underbelly of America. the MexicanAmerican border. and the thing that concerns me the most is that 13yearold son of mine and the sons of other Americans who are going to have to go down there and defend our southern flank. the MexicanAmerican border. at some point in the future. That does not mention all the millions of refugees we are going to have coming across that border. Just think about the young American boys In 4 or 5 years that are going to have to go down there and fight to do the job we are not doing now by supporting the Contras. The only problem then is that we would not be talking about 60.000 active military personnel In Nicaragua.
Keywords matched
refugees

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
90%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Security threat

Speaker & context

Speaker
DAN BURTON
Party
R
Chamber
H
State
IN
Gender
M
Date
1988-02-23
Speech ID
1000150915
Paragraph
#0
← Prev Next →