Are they even any closer to winning the hearts and minds of the Nicaraguan people? Is this any way to prevent the establishment of Soviet beached In Central America? The answer to all five questions is. "Of course not." Bad as the Sandinistas are. the Contras are not much better. They are corrupt freeloaders. not courageous freedom fighters. and they have no support among the Nicaraguan people. A United States policy of support for Contras is counterproductive. because the Contras are renegades and refugees from the old Somoza dictatorship of the past. Wherever Nicaragua is heading in the future. It is not going back to a Somozastyle regime.
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Contras are described as corrupt freeloaders with no support.