Oh my a Democrat letter to Daniel Ortega in the 1980's? Wait! John Kerry who is now criticizing the Republican's letter to the Iranian's himself participated in a letter to Daniel Ortega? How positively hypocritical of him.by Jay Nordlinger December 15, 2012 1:00 PM
John Kerry now talks a moderate game; but what does the record say?
Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared in the May 17, 2004, issue of National Review.
Canny or not, Kerry has a record on Latin America — a substantial one. You will recall the 1980s, and that decade’s fierce debates over Central America policy. At the heart of these debates was Nicaragua: the Sandinistas, Castro, and the Soviet Union versus the Contras and the United States (or rather, not all of the United States: the Reagan administration, in particular). Kerry was an important player in all this. He was part of a group derided by Republicans as “‘Dear Comandante’ Democrats,” for they would address letters to Daniel Ortega, the Sandinista No. 1, “Dear Comandante.” (“But that’s his title,” they would plead, not unreasonably.) This group included such House members as Mike Barnes and Pete Kostmayer, and such senators as Chris Dodd and Tom Harkin — and John Kerry.
Only months after he was sworn in, Kerry joined Harkin on an infamous trip to Managua, to meet with Comandante Ortega.
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