When you review the Central American wars or other Latin American wars, you find that there were dictators and there were insurgents.
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The United States condoned dictatorships in Latin America for much of the 20th century.
By the late 1970s, repression and economic chaos were causing increasing unrest throughout Latin America. Army strongmen were forced to cede power in Peru, Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil, Ecuador, Bolivia, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Honduras and the Dominican Republic.
Most governments in the United States in a hundred years have not respected the peoples of Latin America. They have sponsored coup d'etats, assassinations.
Very unusual in an insurgency to have absolutely no political agenda other than to return to power. Most insurgents have a political side to them.
Dictatorships start wars because they need external enemies to exert internal control over their own people.
Conflict with the United States is one of the overwhelming facts of Latin American history.
Guerrilla war is a kind of war waged by the few but dependent on the support of many.
The insurgents are Baathists and Sunnis in Iraq who have as their goal a separate and distinct one of toppling the government that is there and creating their own.
During the late 1970s and early 1980s, Latin America moved decisively away from military rule and toward civilian democracy.
Insurgents throughout Iraq continue to threaten our efforts and pose a danger to stability in the region. They fight not for their country, but rather against ours.