When will the victims of El Mozote get a tribute like Reagan? [View All]

[Michael Costello]

In December of 1981, a village in El Salvador was massacred by the US trained, US backed military. Reagan's administration put enormous pressure on the New York Times and Washington Post to cut loose from the story, and the pressure helped lead to Ray Bronner leaving the Times. This is the legacy of Reagan - village massacres, mined harbors, arming Saddam Hussein (and Iran - behind the back of Congress), arming Osama Bin Laden and Afghani "freedom fighters".

We hear the people of Iraq, Saddam Hussein, Osama Bin Laden and even the French castigated on corporate media every day as evil. On the other hand, this monster who enabled the deprivation of and massacre of peasants abroad, while growing hellish urban ghettos at home will have a week-long tribute by the corporate media. The man was a monster, he was evil, and him and his ilk are the greatest enemy of my and working people's freedom, liberty and happiness in the world today.

How come the people here saying we should not speak bad of Reagan don't stand up and say the same thing when people talk about Osama Bin Laden and Saddam Hussein (two people Reagan was friends with and sent arms to incidentally)?