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I know that this is dated to say the least, but I decided to post this because it has Wayne Smith making an a-- out of himself, that it's not new behavior. To quote from "Strategy and Tactics of the Salvadorian FMLN Guerrillas", by Jose ANgel Moroni Bracamonte and David E. Spencer "While a small amount of the new FMLN weapons could be traced back to the Contras, these were probably weapons that had been captured from the Contras during the long was in Nicaragua. However, the vast majority of the FMLN weapons were neither of the right type nor manufacture, as were those that were delivered to the Contras. The Contras never had PKMs (Soviet medium machine gun), RPG-18s (Soviet version of our LAW), M-26s (Cuban grenade launcher), or millions of rounds of Cuban ammunition".

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"The Contras' AK-47s had largely been of Chinses, Romanian, or Polish manufacture, while the FMLN's weapons were of Soviet, East German, North Korean, and Yugoslavian manufacture. There was little connection betweeen the Contras' weapons and those of the FMLN".

Though a leopard changes its spots, it is still a killer. Russia "collapsed" during the cold war, but never changed its ways. It never reduced its fleets, and has drastically increased its Nuke Ballistic Subs and missile systems. China has been building its Army and military systems more in the last five years than the 50 years before that. Africa is awash in new Russian and Chinese small arms and has become mostly Marxist. These same arms are the weapons that the Taliban carry, and the Palestinians, and Iraq, and Iran, and Syria and North Korea and Indonesia and…

Prepare to be bitten...

"Smith touched on but did not dwell on the recent Elian Gonzalez affair, stating his opinion that the Clinton administration and Attorney General Janet Reno did the right thing in snatching the boy from Miami relatives..."

More on Dr. Wayne Smith

Smith's career in public service began in the early 1950s when, as a U.S. Marine, he saw combat during the Korean War. Foolowing (sic) his military service, he compleded (sic) undergraduate and advanced degress at La Universidad de las Americas in Mexico City, Columbia University, and George Washington University. In the late 1950s, Smith embarked on a career in the Department of State and, for 25 years, served as diplomatic envoy in the Soviet Union, Argentina, Brazil, and Cuba. His first post was Havana, where he witnessed the victory of the Revolution and the subsequent deterioration of relations between Cuba and the U.S. When he decided to leave the Foreign Service in 1982 because of fundamental disagreements with the Reagan Administration's foreign policy [he was appointed in 1979 by Carter], he was once again stationed in Havana, this time as Chief of Mission (the highest ranking official) at the U.S. Interests Section. At that time, he was also recognized as the Department of State's leading expert on Cuba [that say's a lot].