Downfall of Marcos
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Shame on President Reagan for hedging on the Philippines until political expediency forced him to part with the corrupt Marcos regime.
Hooray for the incredibly brave Filipinos who literally put their bodies in between two armies.
Woe to the United States, which will suffer another onslaught of the reactionary, exploitive rich fleeing a progressive revolution.
ELIZABETH BACON-BRAINARD
San Diego
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