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Despite the lofty goals that form the widely-heralded Arias Peace Plan, it's been obvious all along that the plan would fall victim to political bickering among the parties involved. All parties to the raging debate--Sandinista officials, contra leaders, the Reagan administration, or Congressional opponents of aid--tailored the Arias plan to fit their long-held views on contra aid, rather than taking the politically untenable position of opposing the peace plan...
...inevitable that opponents of contra aid would argue that further support for the rebels would give the Sandinistas an easy excuse to withdraw from the peace process and to continue suppression of all internal political opposition...
Likewise, it was inevitable that the White House would seek further military aid on the assumption that only continued contra pressure would force the Nicaraguan government to comply with the provisions of the Arias plan...
...David Bonior (D -Mich.), leader of ananti-contra group of lawmakers, said that duringsix years of debate over the Administration'spolicy, "The case against contra aid has beenoverwhelming." He included allegations of humanrights abuses by the rebels and theAdministration's covert aid policy uncovered bythe summer's Iran-Contra hearings. But he said theissue has become even more crucial because of thepeace process...
...point during the debate, about half adozen contra aid protesters interrupted the floorproceedings briefly by standing up and shouting,"No Contra aid!" and "End the war now!" Thedemonstrators were hustled out of the chamber,handcuffed and carted off by police...