Why I View America Has Changed Over The Past 45 + Years

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When he makes comments such as, Maoist China, site of history’s bloodiest state-sponsored killings, becomes â€Å"the closest thing, in the long history of that ancient country, to a people’s government, independent of outside control.† The authoritarian Nicaraguan Sandinistas were â€Å"welcomed† by their own people, while the opposition Contras, who backed the candidate that triumphed when free elections were finally held, were a â€Å"terrorist gr oup† that â€Å"seemed to have no popular support inside Nicaragua.† Castro’s Cuba, readers learn, â€Å"had no bloody record of suppression† (Flynn, 2003). In my opinion, these comments in totality are only that of someone pushing a political agenda. If we examine his comments about Mao Zedong’s China it is crazy to hear him make that statement when the facts say different. 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