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==Lincoln bold==
==Lincoln bold==
The final external link has an extra pair of brackets around it.. and the term isn't bolded. -^_^- [[User:Kektklik|Fuzzy]] 11:00, 27 February 2008 (EST)
The final external link has an extra pair of brackets around it.. and the term isn't bolded. -^_^- [[User:Kektklik|Fuzzy]] 11:00, 27 February 2008 (EST)
==This sparse page on Contras doesn't even begin to tell the facts==
I'll come back and edit it sometime. The fact is the Commandos of the Nicaraguan Resistance enjoyed overwhelming campesino
support in every region of Nicaragua except for the big cities where we never got anything going thanks to murderous State Security
gestapo. Contras had the Piricuacos (Ejercito Unpopular Sandinista) army on the run after Reagan's $100 mil aid package which included red-eyes to shoot down the Russian Hind-D helicopters. Fear of another lethal aid package had the Piris("Mad Dog" the only term I ever heard used by campesinos for the "Sandinistas") running to Jimmmy Carter, Oscar Arias and George Bush to negotiate themselves out of military defeat. Following the sellout of the Nicaraguan Resistance, Violetta Chamorro, the Contra candidate, won the 1990 election by biggest margin in history of presidential elections. 55-41% even though refugees outside Nicaragua, all pro-UNO were not allowed to vote and campesinos were only given 24 hourse to register. Else Contras would have won vote by 70-30% no doubt.
'''FACT:''' 23,000 Contras were demobilized. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ONUCA_and_ONUSAL]
'''CONCLUSION:''' The majority had to be campesinos. Somoza only had 6k guardia at peak. By any ONUCA or UN count, there were 10 times as many ex Sandinista as ex Guardia members in Contra ranks. The Contras were campesinos. Period.
'''FACT:''' By 1987 Contras operated in absolutely every corner of Nicaragua except for the big cities.[http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=940DE6DB1130F931A35751C0A96E948260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all][http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DEFDF153DF931A15751C1A961948260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all][http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DE4D61F3EF930A15754C0A961948260&n=Top/Reference/Times%20Topics/Subjects/U/United%20States%20International%20Relations]
'''CONCLUSION:''' They couldn't have operated in all corners from Zelaya Sur, Rio San Juan, through Chontales, Matagalpa, Jinotega east to Atlantic Coast and north to Rio Coco and recieved undetected air drops from loud DC-6 cargo planes without OVERWHELMING campesino support.
'''FACT:''' The Sandinistas resorted to "Relocation Camps" for the campesinos. The forced relocation, often accompanied by destruction of homes, happened both in the North [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,965513,00.html] and the South [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DE3DB1330F934A25755C0A961948260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all] and occurred over multiple years. Sometimes the "Relocation" was accompanied by wholesale slaughter,torture and aerial bombardment as happened during the razing of Miskito villages along the Rio Coco.[http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A0DE5D9173BF93AA15754C0A960948260]
'''CONCLUSION:''' Contras enjoyed such huge support among the campesinos, the Sandinistas had to "relocate" them by force to internment camps
'''FACT:''' The Sandinistas by early 1988 were reduced to rounding up teenagers in movie theaters and on city buses to fill their admitted 30,000/year conscription quota. This led to spontaneous uprisings of civilian mothers in Managua and Masaya [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=940DE5DD1330F93BA15751C0A96E948260][http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950DE7D71030F937A3575BC0A96F948260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all]
'''INESCAPABLE CONCLUSION:''' The Sandinistas were getting their butts kicked militarily and were desperately scrounging for bullet catchers. The overwhelming majority of Nicaraguans had had enough of the Sandinistas authoritarian regime by 1988. Imagine how the anti-Resistance posters on this page would have treated prospects for military success if George Bush had done this for Iraq or Afghan wars. Facts are facts. This fact is great starting point when subject of Contras military momentum in 1987 & early 88 comes up.
'''FACT:''' In the 1990 elections, in spite of only giving campesinos 24 hours to register to vote in a country where the majority had to walk or ride mules to register and had no phones or electricity, the ANTI-SANDINISTA candidate Violetta Chamorro won by a landslide. [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0CEFDF173DF934A15751C0A966958260]
'''CONCLUSION:''' The media bias predicting just the opposite result was in stark contrast to the LANDSLIDE decision of Nicaraguans at the polls to vote for Democracy over Communist authoritarianism. Brokaw, Jennings, Koppel all smugly predicted Sandinista victory. Jennings had to go on air and issue red-faced apology for being "terribly wrong". "Terribly wrong" sums up many of the posts on this wiki page. [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1282/is_n5_v42/ai_8782349/pg_1]
'''FACT:''' Witness For Peace and similar organizations to this day require indoctrination of their "witnesses" before, during and after visiting Nicaragua according to their own current web page.[http://www.witnessforpeace.org/article.php?list=type&type=112]
'''CONCLUSION:''' I can cite many more links. Leftist organizations and main stream media had an agenda. They would not visit "off limits" battlefields and "inaccessible" zones until those zones had been properly prepared by their Sandinista minders. Draw your own conclusions. [[User:Tiomono|Tiomono]] 14:17, 13 June 2009 (EDT)