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Alleged Terrorist as Ambassador
Under the heading Bush names terrorist sympathizer as new ambassador to Nicaragua, the Paulitics: Paul's Socialist Investigations blog argues that the nomination of of Robert Callahan as United States ambassador to Nicargua appears hypocritical. The January 24, 2008 note states that Callahan was involved in the Contras activities declared in 1984 to constitute illegal terrorism by the United States in the World Court matter of Nicaragua v. United States. Congress had distanced itself from the Ronald Reagan-initiated effort to overthrow the Sandinistas government in Nicaragua.
Where do you draw the line? Would the head of an American intellectual property organization be considered a terrorist after threatening ministers of foreign affairs from other nations to drop the nuclear bomb of international trade laws on their countries? Arguably, President Roosevelt's Tommy the Cork, the late founder in the author's firm, would nowadays fall in that category for his involvement in activities deemed patriotic and in the national interest six decades ago, such as the Flying Tigers. -- Clemens Kochinke, Berliner, Corcoran & Rowe, LLP, Washington.
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