Without the Contra opposition. the Sandinistas would be free to step up this program of exported violencewith the alltoowilling financial and military help of Cuba and the Soviet Union. A "no" vote this week would be a betrayal of the vision of freedom In which we have invested In El Salvador. and with the Contras in Nicaragua. Not only would the hope of peace be put to flight from the region. but the United States would see a vast floodtide of refugees fleeing northward. as well. Just this week a Honduran military officer In Washington told the Wall Street Journal. "Just look at the new air base the Americans are building at Mocoron on the Atlantic coast of Honduras. It makes no military sense. But it will come In handy when all those refugees from Nicaragua have to be evacuated to Floridaincluding the Contras." Voting "no" on the Presidents request will ensure a busy time at the Mocoron air base. The United States can and must lead on this issue. We must not desert the Contras in their time of greatest need.
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