Curzon, with respect, are you living under a rock? Even the Pentagon's own CNN knows when to go with the flow! See linktext:http://archives.cnn.com/2000/WORLD/americas/11/13/cia.chile.02/
Younghusband, sorry for taking this so off topic... m(_ _)m
Citing a CNN story from five years ago and saying that I live under a rock doesn't win you arguments. It is true, as the article notes, that the US made preparations to remove Allende in the case that it became a Soviet client state. As noted in the link above:
The CIA provided secret funding to Chilean opposition parties in the early 1970s to try to undermine Allende's government.
This is not in dispute.
However, the idea that the US bankrolled a military coup and overthrew an elected leader is wrong, and ignorant of the domestic politics in Chile at the time. Read the "Wikipedia article":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chilean_coup_of_1973 on the subject, or the specific section on the "US role in the coup.":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chilean_coup_of_1973#U.S._role_in_1973_coup Allende was nationalizing private industry, opposition parties and the church were calling on the military to intervene, and the government couldn't handle the lawlessness that was overtaking the country because they were afraid to call on the police for fear that they were not loyal to the Socialist administration.
I don't have anything to say right now about September 11th, 2001. I'd rather keep to myself and observe in silence for today. Here are a few thoughts from others which I appreciated: Rememberance Looking back A day of mourning...
Comments to this entry
Kenneth
September 11, 2005
7:02 pm
Younghusband
September 11, 2005
7:46 pm
Jay
September 11, 2005
9:05 pm
At risk of causing offense, I think there's something that needs to be looked at:
"9/11 -- Thirty-Two Years On"
http://tinyurl.com/a449b
http://jakking.typepad.com/daily/2005/09/911_thirtytwo_y.html#comment-9321441
Curzon
September 11, 2005
9:55 pm
Curzon
September 11, 2005
10:09 pm
Jak King
September 11, 2005
10:10 pm
Curzon
September 11, 2005
11:24 pm
Citing a CNN story from five years ago and saying that I live under a rock doesn't win you arguments. It is true, as the article notes, that the US made preparations to remove Allende in the case that it became a Soviet client state. As noted in the link above:
This is not in dispute.
However, the idea that the US bankrolled a military coup and overthrew an elected leader is wrong, and ignorant of the domestic politics in Chile at the time. Read the "Wikipedia article":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chilean_coup_of_1973 on the subject, or the specific section on the "US role in the coup.":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chilean_coup_of_1973#U.S._role_in_1973_coup Allende was nationalizing private industry, opposition parties and the church were calling on the military to intervene, and the government couldn't handle the lawlessness that was overtaking the country because they were afraid to call on the police for fear that they were not loyal to the Socialist administration.
Kenneth
September 11, 2005
11:43 pm
ComingAnarchy.com » Blog Archive » Banzai!
September 12, 2005
12:36 am
Eye Dream Awake
September 12, 2005
7:58 am
I don't have anything to say right now about September 11th, 2001. I'd rather keep to myself and observe in silence for today. Here are a few thoughts from others which I appreciated: Rememberance Looking back A day of mourning...
Dan
September 13, 2005
4:35 pm
I swear to God, using japmoticons should be the same thing as using a Nazi analogy: immediate forfeiture of the debate