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Revelations of this covert funding fueled the [[Iran-Contra_Affair|Iran-Contra affair]]. [[Oliver North]], who was intimately involved with the funding, is currently a senior correspondent at the [[Fox News Channel]].
Revelations of this covert funding fueled the [[Iran-Contra_Affair|Iran-Contra affair]]. [[Oliver North]], who was intimately involved with the funding, is currently a senior correspondent at the [[Fox News Channel]].
Opponents of the Contras portrayed them as even more notorious brutes than the [[Sandinistas]]. According to this portrayal, the Contras "regularly destroyed health centers, schools, agricultural cooperatives, and community centers-symbols of the Sandinistas' social programs in rural areas." [http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Blum/Nicaragua_KH.html]
Despite their brutality, the Contras were called the "Moral Equivalent of our Founding Fathers" by President Reagan.
Despite their reputation for brutality, the Contras were called the "Moral Equivalent of our Founding Fathers" by President Reagan.
See: [[Boland amendment]].
See: [[Boland amendment]].
==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=180 Remembering Sandinista Genocide] by a man who did his honor's thesis on Reagan's policy toward the Sandinista government
*[http://cuban-exile.com/doc_201-225/doc0224.html#Nicaragua Cuba: State Sponsored Terrorism] Nicaragua 1979.
*[http://cuban-exile.com/doc_201-225/doc0224.html#Nicaragua Cuba: State Sponsored Terrorism] Nicaragua 1979.
*[[http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Blum/Nicaragua_KH.html]]
*[[http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Blum/Nicaragua_KH.html]]