Reagan

[Strike For The South]

How about with some proof.
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http://www.icj-cij.org/docket/?sum=3...e=70&k=66&p3=5



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[PanzerJaeger]

http://www.icj-cij.org/docket/?sum=3...e=70&k=66&p3=5



have fun

Thank you! I figured I would have to dig that up at some point but I was dreading the googling I was going to have to engage in.

The findings, from the extremely unbiased() ICJ no less, and with no US participation:

"The Court has to determine whether the relationship of the contras to the United States Government was such that it would be right to equate the contras, for legal purposes, with an organ of the United States Government, or as acting on behalf of that Government. The Court considers that the evidence available to it is insufficient to demonstrate the total dependence of the contras on United States aid. A partial dependency, the exact extent of which the Court cannot establish, may be inferred from the fact that the leaders were selected by the United States, and from other factors such as the organisation, training and equipping of the force, planning of operations, the choosing of targets and the operational support provided. There is no clear evidence that the United States actually exercised such a degree of control as to justify treating the contras as acting on its behalf." "Having reached the above conclusion, the Court takes the view that the contras remain responsible for their acts, in particular the alleged violations by them of humanitarian law. For the United States to be legally responsible, it would have to be proved that that State had effective control of the operations in the course of which the alleged violations were committed."

The 'Reagan supported Death Squads of Nicaragua' meme gets a lot of play in left wing circles, but has little basis in reality.