Pinochet was not our anything and we had nothing to do with getting rid of Allende or his suicide.
The coup was not about raising the Chilean GDP nor was that even the issue. Do you know what the issue was?
You seem to have a very strong opinion on the subject, are you well versed?
rubberneck,
I have seen that report. It shows no wrong doing by the CIA that I can find. And I have looked several times.
Now, were there excesses by the Pinochet regime? Surely. But I wouldn't be so quick to judge from the sidelines. How many of you critics were cognizant of events in Latin America during that time? How many of you can even begin to understand the fear of the
Movimiento de 26 de Julio and what it represented in LATAM?
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No, and this is an important point. The majority didn't pose a threat to Pinochet's totalitarian rule. There was little counter revolution. Most of those tortured and killed were leftists that were rounded up in the first days of his rule before any counter revolution could start. I never said Pinochet wasn't smart, just oppressive.
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I find this very interesting. And wrong to a certain degree. And very simplistic. Pinochet was not king - he ruled at the leisure of the Chilean military. Many were not "leftists", they were communists. "counter revolution"? LOL. Very easy to criticize with the benefit of hindsight....
If you want to blame someone for Pinochet, blame that idiot Allende.
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