Whose idea was this?

Submitted by fyl on 29 July, 2008 - 17:34.
Most of us will remember that President Ortega had suggested that the U.S. government might want to trade some medical supplies for the old SAM-7 missiles Nicaragua had rather than Nicaragua just destroying them. While not the first article here, this one documents what was happening. Well, I just saw an alert titled USA lures poverty-stricken Nicaragua with medical equipment in return to Russian missile systems. To me, the implication was that the U.S. came up with this brilliant idea. In the article, we find
“The US government put forward a suggestion to the Nicaraguan administration to deliver medical equipment in exchange to 657 Strela-2 Russian-made missile systems. I hope that we will sign an adequate agreement in the nearest future,” the US Ambassador to Nicaragua, Paul Trivelli said in a statement.
Sounds like spin put on the idea. But, the strange thing is that this article appears in Pravda.
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Submitted by mjt on 30 July, 2008 - 11:21.

Pravda got this new news from Nicaraguan TV. This Pravda-offered English statement by Trivelli is not reported by other sources. The web is covered with 2007 stories regarding Ortega's original proposal, which would be well known to Nicaraguan reporters (and one would presume, Pravda). Nica news and radio reported the recent comment as: "Mi gobierno ha desarrollado una propuesta relacionado con la infraestructura de salud y hemos dado esa propuesta al gobierno" sandinista, afirmó Trivelli al programa "Esta Semana" de Canal 8, que dirige el reconocido periodista Carlos Fernando Chamorro los domingos por la noche. Trivelli dijo que la propuesta fue elaborada "por un equipo del Departamento de Defensa especializado en administración de hospitales, medicinas, técnicos, etc., junto con el Ministerio de Salud" de Nicaragua, durante una visita hace unos meses al país.

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Submitted by Che Guevara on 30 July, 2008 - 10:47.

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when government grows, liberty yields, thomas jefferson

I agree with Che

Submitted by nicareal on 30 July, 2008 - 10:49.

Just not worth to comment on some of the comments...

I guess once in past this

Submitted by wmac on 30 July, 2008 - 07:50.

I guess once in past this subject was discussed here.

These are very very simple old generation heat seeking missiles. If it was say S-300 Russian missiles, they would pay a lot for it.

I am thinking what problem these missiles could create to US (to force them pay to eliminate them)? Is it possible that these can be transferred to US for terrorist acts? If not then I do not see any reason they be interested.

Perhaps they can sell them to Venezuela or Cuba (which probably have a lot of these already). The Chinese model of these missiles are available for considerably cheaper price I guess.

It'll never happen, there

Submitted by thunderdial on 29 July, 2008 - 21:23.

It'll never happen, there aren't that many jews in Nicaragua.

Explain yourself

Submitted by Mike on 30 July, 2008 - 10:28.

"It'll never happen, there aren't that many jews in Nicaragua"

If your post was a joke of some sort I don't get the humour.

Please explain the point you're trying to make.

What? How on earth would

Submitted by thunderdial on 30 July, 2008 - 11:52.

What? How on earth would that be considered humor?

Don't sweat it TD, nobody on

Submitted by eldoc on 30 July, 2008 - 14:48.

Don't sweat it TD, nobody on this board gets the joke.

objection

Submitted by Che Guevara on 30 July, 2008 - 15:00.

the * was to follow the joke...now you've done it, you've given it away. spptttt.

when government grows, liberty yields, thomas jefferson