B
Well the interesting part about it is that, if, realistically it was economic. I don't know if you read any of the history on where the Panama Canal but there was an option to build it across Nicaragua, uh, and, uh, there were, uh, there's a big, there's a big lake,
A
Uh-huh.
B
and, um, from a technical standpoint it wouldn't have been a lot more difficult to have built it in Nicaragua, but the, the United States, uh, had some, and I've forgotten what the political influence was but there were economic ties then. The issue of, of if, if it's in the economic interest of the United States, uh, do we go in and, and prevail and, and, uh, in other words do we make the world safe for democracy,
A
Right.
B
but if there's no economic benefit, and I think particularly if you're, if you're looking at the, at the, at the peasant, uh, whether he's in Central America, regardless of where he is, is his life, is his life better off under communism or, or uh, or Democratic government. You look at Salvador where the,
A
Well he doesn't care as long as he's feeding his, uh, his family.