re: #185 Obdicut

Then provide those sources, please. That site is a David Horowitz special.

Come on.

The DTN site overstates the case against Allende but the fundamental facts about the lead-up to the coup are not in doubt. The wikipedia articles I cited are well-sourced. Note especially the Cuban packages scandal, which occurred well before the coup.
Most of the bloodshed associated with the Pinochet regime occurred well after the coup. This aftermath is far less excusable than the coup itself, in my frankly well-informed opinion.

Pinochet had a good opportunity to restore democracy and the rule of law pretty quickly after Allende’s removal. The Chamber of Deputies, the courts, and the traditional political parties were all intact. Further, Chile had not had a military coup since the 19th century and this, too, would have simplified a return to democracy, with the courts sorting out the legal aspects just as they do here.
Instead, though, Pinochet and his henchmen dissolved congress, arrestd and imprisoned the opposition, turned the supreme court into a kangaroo court, and set up an actual fascist style dicatorship. The Wehrmacht style uniforms of his troops were a perfect symbol for this.

The Nixon administration was fully compliant and supportive of this, and (on Kissinger’s advice) Ford continued that policy. The Condor document that was the original subject of this thread was issued while Ford was president, in fact.