Their major failing is that. unlike Duarte. they have not remained inside Nicaragua and endured the personal risks to establish roots of democracy there. On the military side. the Contras are composed of a mixed group. There are former Somoza national guardsmen. former Sandinista revolutionaries who became disenchanted with the nonfulfillment of those democratic pledges. and new refugees caught up in the civil strife. Some of the Contras. as well as some Sandinista military units. have clearly violated human rights. So what is our goal in Nicaragua if both sides have disreputable elements? Do we abandon the new refugees and revolutionaries allowing the Sandinistas to complete the Leninization of Nicaragua? Do we finance military action to overthrow the Sandinistas? Neither approach should be our policy.
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