1, November 2018 The Caravan
In a desperate attempt to malign the Democrats
before the mid-term elections, the divider-in-chief, President Trump has
reached down into his oversize bag of “dirty tricks’ and used the desperate
plight of Honduran migrants to stoke fear and galvanize his base. Fearful of a
blue wave, the president and the GOP are moving audaciously
far from the truth and deep into the gutter.
Representative
Matt Gaetz, a Florida Republican, slyly accused liberal philanthropist George
Soros of funding the caravan and in the process put him in mortal danger with
an undetonated explosive device found outside his home.
While the
president continues to demonize “the tired, poor, huddled masses yearning to breathe free. . “, we seldom hear
about the causes of this northern migration.
During the wars in the 1980s, the United States
government spent billions of dollars supporting murderous dictators in
Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras creating devastation that left tens of
thousands dead, millions displaced internally, more than a
hundred thousand refugees in Mexico and shattered
societies. The lasting legacy is violence, corruption and impunity.
Instead of rebuilding societies we destroyed, the Trump
administration now threatens the little U.S. aid those countries receive, reportedly
$500 million last year. Common sense would suggest Central American
desperately need US economic aid, and remittances sent by immigrants to prevent
social and economic collapse.
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