Glenn Reynolds of Instapundit fame complains that the press isn’t covering “anti-terrorist”

Glenn Reynolds of Instapundit fame complains that the press isn’t covering “anti-terrorist”

demonstrations (dozens gathered in Antelope Valley, California), but then turns around and praises the

Nicaraguan contras — one of the most vicious terrorist groups of the modern era. Here is a vivid

account of what these “freedom fighters” were up to in the 1980s:

“In the words of human rights group Americas Watch, ‘the Contras systematically engage in violent

abuses … so prevalent that these may be said to be their principal means of waging war.’ Another NGO

compiled a year’s worth of Contra atrocities, which included murder, rape, torture, maiming children,

cutting off arms, cutting out tongues, gouging out eyes, castration, bayoneting pregnant women in the

stomach, and amputating genitals.

“An eyewitness to a Contra raid in Jinotega province said: ‘Rosa had her breasts cut off. Then they

cut into her chest and took out her heart. The men had their arms broken, their testicles cut off and

their eyes poked out. They were killed by slitting their throats and pulling the tongue out through the

slit.’”

Ugh. Yet Reynolds describes these monsters as “freedom fighters,” and encourages his readers to buy

coffee, or t-shirts — or something — from these “ex-contras.” He is hopeful their t-shirts “will

start competing with Ché shirts on college campuses.”