Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the formerly McCarthyist-infested water, the Red Scare is showing its dorsal fin again.
Within the past month, the neo cold warriors stepped up their propaganda effort to portray Venezuela and its eccentric but democratically-elected president as threats to America.
http://www.counterpunch.org/...
And now the manager of America's 1980s covert war in Central America, the Doctor Death who illegally used U.S. government funds and personnel to sponsor the "Contra" mercenaries and death squads, has returned to Nicaragua.
As The Guardian reports today, Col. Oliver North is on a new mission in Nicaragua:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/...
Why has Ollie North embarked on this new Central American crusade? Because Nicaragua is once again threatening Mom, Apple Pie and American democracy -- by holding an election.
If the Nicaraguans elect Daniel Ortega, will the neocons launch a new covert war in Latin America? I suspect they might. That's mere speculation. But in light of the events of the past six years, it's just stupid enough to be true.