There is no contest from the right wing regarding how Henry Kissinger orchestrated the CIA to topple and kill Salvador Allende, the legally-elected leftist leader of Chile, in 1973. That was done by inciting local rebels and using them as tools to execute the plan. At the end of it, Salvador Allende was dead.
That no contest on the matter exists was a stunning revelation to me as there wasn't a hint of repentance. There wasn't even any idea of, well, we might have done a wee bit better than that. Pinochet, the GOP favorite, took over and the result was catastrophic to Chile. If you know anything at all of the history, you know that's not hyperbole.
The Coup D'Etat and Military Rule
The Chilean military, aided by training and financing from the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, gained absolute control of the country in less than a week. The new regime waged raids, executions, "disappearances" and the arrest and torture of thousands of Chilean citizens - establishing a climate of fear and intimidation that would remain for years to come.
The victims of the persecution spanned the population: indigenous peoples, the Catholic Church, the rural community with labor unions, former government officials and leftist political parties facing the fiercest repression. More people were killed in the four months following the coup (through December 1973) than in any other year of the dictatorship. According to Amnesty International and the U.N. Human Rights Commission, 250,000 people were detained for political reasons during this period.
Washington Post: Pinochet's Chile
Henry Kissinger is considered a hero but it's not clear on what basis. We rather doubt the people of Chile would consider him one and it surprises me anyone would. I thought previously what happened was a mistake which got out of control but that's not at all the pattern and it's not the reaction of current Republicans.
The Trumpite Republicans probably aren't aware of it but none of them evince any more intelligence than the average houseplant. The Goldwater Republicans are well aware of the history and what Kissinger did. It's not clear how comprehensive the lack of repentance may be regarding what he did.
The same applies as well with Hillary Clinton, the absolute queen of the name droppers, when she was flinging about Henry Kissinger's name as if that's some holy recommendation. That's insulting because it assumes Democrats don't know what he did and it's an abomination for those who do.
Lucia Graves of The Observer reviewed @BernieSanders performance at the Democratic Debate but she didn't write a word about Henry Kissinger so presumably she doesn't know. The water doesn't run too deep with Trumpite Republicans but it's also not too deep with Observer neo-femmes.
The collusion with evil forces runs into really deep and horrible stuff because it even includes NAZIs and the CIA involvement with them post-WWI. If Democrats permit even the slightest whiff of that stink, the party can never recover from it. You're clean or you're not and the filth of these assassinations doesn't wash off.
It really stuns me that such behavior in Washington isn't just tolerated but rather it's enthusiastically endorsed. In other words, it's not a necessary evil toward some positive goal but rather it's standard policy. If America ever had a moral imperative, it's completely gone.
That no contest on the matter exists was a stunning revelation to me as there wasn't a hint of repentance. There wasn't even any idea of, well, we might have done a wee bit better than that. Pinochet, the GOP favorite, took over and the result was catastrophic to Chile. If you know anything at all of the history, you know that's not hyperbole.
The Coup D'Etat and Military Rule
The Chilean military, aided by training and financing from the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, gained absolute control of the country in less than a week. The new regime waged raids, executions, "disappearances" and the arrest and torture of thousands of Chilean citizens - establishing a climate of fear and intimidation that would remain for years to come.
The victims of the persecution spanned the population: indigenous peoples, the Catholic Church, the rural community with labor unions, former government officials and leftist political parties facing the fiercest repression. More people were killed in the four months following the coup (through December 1973) than in any other year of the dictatorship. According to Amnesty International and the U.N. Human Rights Commission, 250,000 people were detained for political reasons during this period.
Washington Post: Pinochet's Chile
Henry Kissinger is considered a hero but it's not clear on what basis. We rather doubt the people of Chile would consider him one and it surprises me anyone would. I thought previously what happened was a mistake which got out of control but that's not at all the pattern and it's not the reaction of current Republicans.
The Trumpite Republicans probably aren't aware of it but none of them evince any more intelligence than the average houseplant. The Goldwater Republicans are well aware of the history and what Kissinger did. It's not clear how comprehensive the lack of repentance may be regarding what he did.
The same applies as well with Hillary Clinton, the absolute queen of the name droppers, when she was flinging about Henry Kissinger's name as if that's some holy recommendation. That's insulting because it assumes Democrats don't know what he did and it's an abomination for those who do.
The lack of knowledge in people gives a deeply pessimistic outlook. If people really are that stupid and ignorant then there really is no chance.
If Hillary Clinton had dropped any more names in the debate, she would have knocked a crater in the floor and the name of Henry Kissinger should not have been part of it. That reference is a disgrace to the Democratic Party.
The collusion with evil forces runs into really deep and horrible stuff because it even includes NAZIs and the CIA involvement with them post-WWI. If Democrats permit even the slightest whiff of that stink, the party can never recover from it. You're clean or you're not and the filth of these assassinations doesn't wash off.
It really stuns me that such behavior in Washington isn't just tolerated but rather it's enthusiastically endorsed. In other words, it's not a necessary evil toward some positive goal but rather it's standard policy. If America ever had a moral imperative, it's completely gone.
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