Quote:Actually, I was referring to the "Contras" of the Iran-Contra affair.

 

You remember - that time the Reagan administration was selling arms to the Iranian government, and using the money the sales raised to fund rebels leading a fight against the Communist Sandanista regime in Nicaragua, circa 1987?

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran%E2%80...tra_affair

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandinista...tion_Front

 

You know what eventually took down the Sandanistas?  Technically nothing, as they're still in power, just not as Marxist as they once were.  AN ELECTION.  The Bush administration poured millions of dollars into the campaign supporting the opposition, Violeta Chamorro.  And unlike Marcos in the Phillipines in 1986, they were actually fair, and when Sandanista president Ortega did not win, he actually stepped down.

 

End of conflict, but not the Sandanista party.