Costa Rica. Borge claimed. was such easy pickings that it would be the "dessert." To those Members who claim the Contras are not effective nor represent a military threat to the Sandinistas. let me assure them that if they were not. it is hardly likely that the Sandinistas would have spent so much time and money trying to manipulate the vote on aid. Finally. for those concerned about budgetary restraint. $14 million will save a great deal of money we will have to spend otherwise to beef up the FBI. the Customs Service. the Drug Enforcement Agency. the Coast Guard. military assistance to Latin America. and for refugee assistance programs. These agencies and programs will require more funding if Sandinista destabilization efforts are not curtailed. The refugee problem will clearly worsen as the Sandinistas. relieved of Contra pressure. move to strangle any internal dissidence. Contrary to the argument that American aid to the Contras is the reason for the war. the civil war in Nicaragua will rage on. as it has for the past year. whether or not American aid is continued. because the Contras. thankfully. have more reliable friends than the United States. But without respect for basic human rights. there will be no peace in Nicaragua.