re: #17 Dark_Falcon

That is a useful corollary, and I thank you for posting it, Gus.

Do remember folks, when evaluating US policy in Latin America during the Cold War, that there was often no ‘right side’ to choose from. Both the juntas and the communists were evil and the question as often who the ‘least worst’ option was.

We weren’t asking that question, though. We didn’t select them based on any real ethical calculus, but a raw realpolitik ‘useful to US interests’ calculus. It was wrong of us.