Why did President Reagan order the CIA to recruit the Contras?

Reagan viewed Nicaragua’s Sandinista government as aligned with Communism and wanted to remove it from power. He ordered support for the Contras, an armed opposition group fighting that government, as part of his effort to counter Communism in Central America. The hostages and arms sales in the other choices relate to other parts of the Iran-Contra affair, not the main reason for recruiting the Contras.

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