Augusto Pinochet Has Died

[CurtSibling]

Hitler also held the line against commies - For a while...

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[C~G]

I too strongly support punishing the military dictators of South America, and revoking the Amnesty Laws. As long, of course, that the left-wing terrorists are also persecuted. Why is it that people only want to punish one side?

I guess left-wing propaganda works more deeply since it talks about "sharing" and thinks like that. For me they are just humans, side doesn't matter.

 

[bhsup]

That's very true, Curt, he did. I would never deny that.

 

[Panda]

91 years old? Only the good die young.

Well, with Chavez, Morales etc. rising to power, it's only a matter of time until the next Pinochet appears to counter-balance the situation.

 

[McManus]

Its funny how western democracy seems to be the highest of values only when the people choose a leader the US likes...

 

[Xanikk999]

Its funny how western democracy seems to be the highest of values only when the people choose a leader the US likes...

Not really. If your talking about chavez then lots of people dont like him globally.

And this guy who died got in power through a coup and was a dictator.

 

[McManus]

You read history? His coup was pretty much financed and backed by the US.

 

[bhsup]

Yeah well, popular distorted revisionist history says the same thing about the Shah of Iran as well.

 

[Xanikk999]

Its funny how western democracy seems to be the highest of values only when the people choose a leader the US likes...

This is what you said McManus.

Regardless of what we did in backing him. It cant be a democracy if we helped a dictator get in power.

So your statment above is irrelevent.

 

[McManus]

Well. If you help get rid of a democratically elected president, just because he favors socialism, which, btw, should be an indicator that that is what the people want, then I consider my point valid.

 

[Xanikk999]

Well. If you help get rid of a democratically elected president, just because he favors socialism, which, btw, should be an indicator that that is what the people want, then I consider my point valid.

Well i guess but i dont see why past leaders even cared if other countries became socialist or communist. Seems silly to dwell on those things anyway.

 

[SeleucusNicator]

Say what you want about Pinochet, he was a good American ally, and I don't feel we give him enough credit for that.

I think that the Americans in this thread who are giddy over his passing are being a bit ungrateful.

 

[CurtSibling]

Say what you want about Pinochet, he was a good American ally, and I don't feel we give him enough credit for that.

I think that the Americans in this thread who are giddy over his passing are being a bit ungrateful.

Would you say Stalin was a good ally too?

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[bhsup]

During WWII he was, yeah. War makes for strange bedfellows.

 

[Xanikk999]

Would you say Stalin was a good ally too?

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Well actually yes for a while during WW2.

 

[SeleucusNicator]

Would you say Stalin was a good ally too?

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We wouldn't have won WW2 without Stalin. But that was an aberration; for most of his career, he was very much an enemy.

Pinochet was pro-American for virtually his entire career. I don't think you can compare the two.

 

[CurtSibling]

Well actually yes for a while during WW2.

During WWII he was, yeah. War makes for strange bedfellows.

Well, he hated the USA more than Adolf.
You Americans are a crazy bunch.

Lucky 'old uncle Joe' displayed his real face before you all got too chummy with him.

 

[Xanikk999]

We wouldn't have won WW2 without Stalin. But that was an aberration; for most of his career, he was very much an enemy.

Pinochet was pro-American for virtually his entire career.

So just because he was pro-american does that mean what he did to his own people doesnt matter?

Sounds like an evil bootlicker to me.

 

[bhsup]

Oh, believe me, if I had been President at the end of WWII, I probably would have taken Patton's advice, re-armed the surrendered German troops and kept marching east.

 

[sonorakitch]

Alright, you have me stumped here. Did you learn enough about him in four minutes or are you just saying you learned about him post-death?

~Chris

I cant beileve i never heard of this guy.

@6:07

Anyone else could of done it. He was a dictator and a bad one of that.

@6:11