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> If I were Chilean I wouldn't be outraged. I did some light reading on this topic. How exactly were a large number of people saved from death? Did you misspea
by mullingitover 14y ago
> If I were Chilean I wouldn't be outraged.
I did some light reading on this topic. How exactly were a large number of people saved from death? Did you misspeak? Because from what I've read, the overthrow of Chile's elected government actually resulted in a large number of people dying/being tortured/'disappearing'. I'm guessing the Chileans who you spoke to weren't from that group.
- 3pt14159 14y agoThousands died, but if you compare the numbers against the numbers that died under communism in Cuba, Russia, China, East Germany and various countries in Africa it can be used as a convincing example of ends-justify-the-means foreign interventionism.
- bct 14y agoThat's quite a leap you're making, from Allende to Gulags and famine. You should stick to subjects you actually know something about.
- kitcar 14y ago"In late August 1973, 100,000 Chilean women congregated at Plaza de la Constitución to vent their rage against the rising cost and increasing shortages of food, but they were dispersed with tear gas.[18]" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1973_Chilean_coup_d%C3%A9tat http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1973_Chilean_coup_d%C3%A9tat People on all sides of the political spectrum were distraught. It wasn't as clear cut as "left versus right" or "poor versus rich".
- obstacle1 14y agoWhat does that particular event have to do with American intervention? How did American intervention save anyone from death-by-tear-gas?