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In 1979 the Sandinistas launched an offensive from Costa Rica and Honduras that toppled Somoza. They established a junta that nationalized such industries as banking and mining, postponed elections, and moved steadily to the left, eventually espousing Marxist-Leninist positions."
http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/S/Sandinist.asp
Goldwater said, of Kerry's involvement supporting the Marxist's who were supported by the Soviets and Cubans...
Kerry and Harkin, "
negotiated over there ... and now they're trying to force the president of the United States to negotiate with the president of Nicaragua. I honestly think two members of our body are violating the [federal] code when they undertake to negotiate" and are "
usurping a section of the Constitution" giving only the president the right to negotiate with foreign leaders, Goldwater said. "
To transgress against the Constitution is wrong, wrong, wrong."
Kerry's response?
I am "a veteran of Vietnam who fought and was wounded in that conflict."
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=38529