George Kittle's Contras

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On the opposing side George Kittle, who frequently visits Nicaragua, states that the United States’ government should not provide aid to the Contras. He starts off by talking about the goal of the Contras was to overthrow the Sandinista government but never to create a democracy then he mentions how the Contras were targeting innocent civilians also which is the opposite of what democratic government would go. Kittle goes on by talking about the horrible things that Contras did to those people like raping women, killing children, or even gouging out eyes. By mentioning this he’s saying why would our government who is focuses on human rights want to aid these rebels that cause nothing but pain to innocent people? He goes on by talking about

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