Originally posted by GRUNHERZ
Too bad we couldnyt pull another Allende on Chavez and his communist buddies...
Yes, saved them from "communism" only to give them 20 years of fascism. Great. Showing your true colours again Grun?
I'm left wondering what research you've ever actually done on Allende, because as far as I can see he was about as communistic as the social democrats so prevelant in western democracies in 2004. Far from being a threat to his own people, the only group I can actually discern that had reason to fear him were the US business interests who were systematically asset stripping his country in the years leading up to his election.
Given that you're an clearly an expert on the matter, can you name any action taken by Allende that wasn't permitted him under Chilean law or the constitution?
It is especially telling that people like Eduardo Frei, his centre-right predecessor as president, or René Schneider, chief of Chile's military, would have nothing to do with the plots the CIA formented. Still, you managed to subvert the oldest latin-american democracy so nice work there.
