i i have a a little bit i can 't say that i 'm i i would be an expert on the on the region but uh certainly uh i it it gets it gets there you you 've got this this toss up between or not not so much a toss up but a a dilemma when when you want a country to have it 's it 's um own uh dominion or its free rein over its its own people and then on the other hand uh the uh the government in power that under what seem what seems to be popular support uh Sandinistas had to a given extent popular support um starts making overtures to the Soviet Union and and into what we consider our sphere of influence and now we 're we 're in this dilemma over uh United States is believes in Democracy and and self-determination where and but that on the other hand we believe in self-preservation and uh agree with the or not so much agree with but are terribly concerned about the influence Soviet influence in in what 's considered to be the United States ' fear of the world which is not only you we used to see spheres but now we 're in a situation where the United States is looks like we 're it now
I only gained a little bit from that day .