12-13-2006, 02:59 PM
There are a few errors in your description of him, Zephyr.
According to wikipedia, Allende's death was considered a suicide, and a 1990 autopsy supported this.
Sounds kind of hard to believe considering how he was removed from power:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augusto_Pin...het_regime
Sounds like he was voted out of power, which would not have even come close to happening if he acted the way you described him. True, he did kill a lot of people, but most of them were communists and socialists.
I'm assuming you're referring to the Falklands War, which was started by Argentina's invasion of a British territory. Wikipedia doesn't say anything about any massacres during the war, so I'm assuming you're referring to Argentina's defeat when you say massacre.
It sounds to me that Argentina was the agressor in the war, and was invading the Falklands to divert attention away from domestic problems stemming from the military junta running Argentina. Thus, I don't see any problems with Chile's support of the British, who were defending their territory from an illegal and quite unwelcome invasion.(see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falklands_W...occupation.)
Plus, Pinochet was understandably worried about what would happen to Chile if Argentina succeeded in taking the Falklands, considering the hostility between the two countries (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falklands_W...an_support)
Quote:killed its president and anointed himself as it
According to wikipedia, Allende's death was considered a suicide, and a 1990 autopsy supported this.
Quote:killed anyone who opposed him
Sounds kind of hard to believe considering how he was removed from power:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augusto_Pin...het_regime
Sounds like he was voted out of power, which would not have even come close to happening if he acted the way you described him. True, he did kill a lot of people, but most of them were communists and socialists.
Quote:helped the English in massacring our troops at Malvinas
I'm assuming you're referring to the Falklands War, which was started by Argentina's invasion of a British territory. Wikipedia doesn't say anything about any massacres during the war, so I'm assuming you're referring to Argentina's defeat when you say massacre.
It sounds to me that Argentina was the agressor in the war, and was invading the Falklands to divert attention away from domestic problems stemming from the military junta running Argentina. Thus, I don't see any problems with Chile's support of the British, who were defending their territory from an illegal and quite unwelcome invasion.(see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falklands_W...occupation.)
Plus, Pinochet was understandably worried about what would happen to Chile if Argentina succeeded in taking the Falklands, considering the hostility between the two countries (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falklands_W...an_support)