"There is a question for which we will never know the answer: had the U.S. not launched the Contra war to overthrow the Sandinista government, would they have succeeded in bringing socioeconomic justice to the people of Nicaragua?"

This quote by Bianca Jagger speaks to the consequences of the US's participation in the Contra War in Nicaragua. The Contra War was a US-backed effort to topple the Sandinista government in Nicaragua in the 1980s. Jagger's quote suggests that had the United States not intervened, the Sandinista government may have succeeded in bringing socioeconomic justice to individuals of Nicaragua. This raises the question of what could have been had the US not stepped in, a question for which we will never understand the response. Jagger's quote speaks to the power of United States diplomacy and its potential to shape the lives of individuals in other nations. It also works as a pointer of the value of thinking about the repercussions of our actions and the potential for unintended consequences.