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.

If we believe in those ideals we spout about so often, freedom, liberty, and personal rights, then we should not be in the business of orchestrating governments favorable to us or our goals into power. Pinochet was doing shit we put people on trial for war crimes for in past wars and we kept patting him on the back because “the alternative is worse.”