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demobilized In mid-March, a Nicaraguan military offensive captured the world's attention. In a matter of hours, the U.S.-funded contras were in total retreat. Less than 2000 Sandinista troops sent the main complement of mercenary forces inside Nicaragua running back to Honduras.
"It was like the battle of Bull Run," said a congressional source. "The contras just broke and ran in disarray."
It's not that the contras didn't have supplies. They were stocked with guns, ammunition, mortars, and even Redeye missiles. "They just didn't have the will," a congressional defense expert told Newsweek.
It was another devastating political setback for the contras, who hadn't yet recovered from the damage caused by the Iran/Contragate scandal. The defeat of two back-to-back aid requests promoted by Democratic and Republican leaders in Congress only served to spotlight their problems.
The U.S. airlifts troops Suddenly, on March 16, the United States airlifted 3200 troops into Honduras to stop "the invasion of Honduras by Sandinista troops." Major press reports openly described the airlift as a transparent