The idea of comparing them is not offensive to this Chilean:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMFmKg0k8cY
Indeed, I am positive EVERY chilean, who lost a loved one or loved ones to Pinochet, and who now knows the US was behind the coup, is quite outraged about what September 11th has come to mean in the world's memory, while their own September 11th hells have been quietly forgotten, and the villains of their September 11th died with honors, or are still walking free and respected today, like Nobel Peace prize winner Kissinger.
Yes, to these Chileans, watching the Americans cry about their 3000 dead and calling for the heads of the villains of their september 11th, all the while giving peace prizes to villains of the 1973 September 11th... ...to these Chileans, I don't think they are offended at all that some guy on the internet is drawing a comparison and asking why America owns September 11th, when America was partially responsible for a September 11th that killed and tortured even more people.
No, you might be offended, and others might be offended, but those are just the offense of reading words. That's not as offensive as those who watch the murderers of their sons and daughters prance around and call themselves the leaders of the free world.
I know, right? But that's not the way it is. America owns September 11th. I say it's time the United States reflect upon what we did to Chile.
Perhaps my mind can be changed, and say it should be shared, but for now, America owes Chile an apology 39 years overdue, and it owes chile the heads of the American agents involved in such a heinous crime. Too bad most of them are dead by now.