Joan Didion once remarked that we tell ourselves stories in order to live. Precisely what those stories might reveal about who we are
as a people is somewhat more fuzzy.
Thirty some years ago, Ronald Reagan committed to a strategy
in which supporting “Freedom Fighters” in Nicaragua
was seen as far more preferable than accepting
a communist government in the Western Hemisphere.
It is difficult today to understand how any leader
of a democratic society might suggest
we send automatic weapons to some
Central American country
to promote liberty.
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