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:Yes, that's how I remember it. Ted Kennedy was involved in the legislation too, I think. And it was all related to the dispute over whether the [[Contras]] were morally or ethically better than the [[Sandinistas]] of Nicaragua or the "death squads" of [[El Salvador]]. Since a friend of mine actually filmed a documentary on the topic, I may be a bit biased. I'm one of those pro-freedom, anti-murder partisans you're always reading about. --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] 16:44, 3 April 2007 (EDT) | :Yes, that's how I remember it. Ted Kennedy was involved in the legislation too, I think. And it was all related to the dispute over whether the [[Contras]] were morally or ethically better than the [[Sandinistas]] of Nicaragua or the "death squads" of [[El Salvador]]. Since a friend of mine actually filmed a documentary on the topic, I may be a bit biased. I'm one of those pro-freedom, anti-murder partisans you're always reading about. --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] 16:44, 3 April 2007 (EDT) | ||
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| + | ::whereas the reverted version "provided funds" is simply not true. [[User:RobS|RobS]] 16:48, 3 April 2007 (EDT) | ||
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The US didn't provide arms to the Contras through Israel. Arms were sold to the Iranians, through Israel, and then the money from the sale of those weapons went to the Contras.--Epicurius 16:35, 3 April 2007 (EDT)
- Yes, that's how I remember it. Ted Kennedy was involved in the legislation too, I think. And it was all related to the dispute over whether the Contras were morally or ethically better than the Sandinistas of Nicaragua or the "death squads" of El Salvador. Since a friend of mine actually filmed a documentary on the topic, I may be a bit biased. I'm one of those pro-freedom, anti-murder partisans you're always reading about. --Ed Poor 16:44, 3 April 2007 (EDT)
- Thers is actually nothing wrong with this language,
- The discovery that the United States, through Israel, provided arms to the Contras triggered the Iran-Contra Affair.
- whereas the reverted version "provided funds" is simply not true. RobS 16:48, 3 April 2007 (EDT)