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[Jack Rabbit]

From the BBC Online
Dated Friday March 4

US unconcerned by left-wing leaders
By Jonathan Beale
BBC News, Washington

There was a time when the United States foreign policy was largely driven by events in its own "backyard" of Latin America.

Not so long ago from Presidents Kennedy to Reagan, the US did everything in its power to stop the spread of communism from Cuba to the mainland.

Hence the US tolerance for various dictators and undemocratic regimes and damaging policies such as illegally aiding Nicaragua's contras by selling arms to Iran.

These days the Bush neo-cons - as opposed to those of the Reagan era - are more concerned about the Arab world, the Middle East, China and North Korea.

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