
Iran-Contra
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The Contras Are the Off Cuts of This Capitalist Dilemma in Nicaragua
Regan: The democrats are really afraid of being seen as weak. ren takes this mantle of, i'm the strong, masculine, powerful leader who will do what needs to get done. And so he is very clear about the fact we need to be funding the contras. They're kind of the off cuts of this previous capitalist dictatorship that was in nicaragua. So they lose to the communists, they flee. Regan and everybody else in the government decides, well, we need to support these guys so that we can help them overthrow the government of nic Nicaragua.
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