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> "Yes. I would prefer the US not support a side in an internal political conflict, just as I would prefer the other countries not support a side in an internal
by refurb 2y ago
> "Yes. I would prefer the US not support a side in an internal political conflict, just as I would prefer the other countries not support a side in an internal political conflict in the US."
It's not an internal conflict if the USSR is already supporting one side, is it?
> No, it's not the CIA's job to share intelligence with the plotters, which I believe it did.
Sorry, but "which I believe it did" holds no weight with me.
> f Chile was "teetering on the authoritarianism" then evidently it hadn't yet succumbed to authoritarianism.
When the elected leader is already violating the constitution, it's no longer a democracy, is it?
> Tell that to the CIA, which wrote in 2000 that it did get involved in the Chilean coup (for instance).
You're going to need a source for that. From the FOIA releases, the CIA states it didn't even think Pinochet had the ability to lead a coup. The CIA was basically an observer.
> That that would end up with a USSR-favored dictatorship is theoretical because it didn't happen. What did happen was that they ended up with US-favored dictatorships after the coups.
Are you suggesting the USSR would support a democracy? Do they have a track record that demonstrates that? I haven't seen it.
- dventimi 2y ago> It's not an internal conflict if the USSR is already supporting one side, is it? Yes, it's still an internal political conflict. > Sorry, but "which I believe it did" holds no weight with me. Suit yourself. I'm not trying to persuade you. > When the elected leader is already violating the constitution, it's no longer a democracy, is it? No, it's still a democracy. In America, the Right believes President Obama violated the Constitution and the Left believes Trump did the same, yet few on either side would claim America ceased to be a democracy. > You're going to need a source for that. It supported a coup in 1970: https://irp.fas.org/cia/product/chile/index.html#5 https://irp.fas.org/cia/product/chile/index.html#5 > Are you suggesting the USSR would support a democracy? I'm not suggesting anything. I'm stating two facts. First, you don't know what the USSR would've done. Second, in both Guatemala and Chile the US did support dictatorships. > Do they have a track record that demonstrates that? I haven't seen it. Have you seen a track record of the US supporting democracy? Not in Iran, Guatemala, Chile, Haiti, Cuba, Indonesia, Iraq, and Afghanistan, you haven't.