Robert E. White, who criticized policy on El Salvador as U.S. ambassador, dies at 88
But the only alternative would have been a Russian invasion in support of the jihadists.
“The military dictators of the world fear democracy more than anything else...Because we feared revolution, we consistently opposed the forces of change while uncritically supporting dictatorships and small economic elites. We blinked at repression and participated in the perversion of democracy throughout the hemisphere.”