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Originally posted by onetime2
I won't even bother debating all that you claim, as some were the most "favorable" option at the time, but even with the dozen you have named, how many countries have we dealt with? How many other people have we supported?
Do you really think the US prefers to put tyrants in power? Do you sincerely believe that, if a "good" alternative was available, we would choose the worst?
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How do you claim that this coup against a democratically elected official was the better option than letting the citizens of a sovereign nation elect their own leader?
"The US Central Intelligence Agency, the CIA, has released thousands of secret documents relating to covert operations in Chile before and during the period of military rule there.
Among the 16,000 documents is a CIA memorandum
confirming US funded attempts to undermine the democratically elected Marxist president, Salvador Allende, who was overthrown in a bloody coup in 1973."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/1022347.stm
I might as well post some more of the article in case people don't want to click on the link:
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"Earlier records showed that the US turned a blind eye to political repression against opponents of the military ruler, General Augusto Pinochet, who came to power in the coup.
"Actions approved by the US Government during this period aggravated political polarisation and affected Chile's long tradition of democratic elections and respect for constitutional order and the rule of law," a White House statement said on Monday.
Covert aid
It is the third and final batch of CIA records to be released on the period of military rule in Chile, following a review ordered by President Clinton.
The release was ordered in 1999, to allow the public to "judge for itself the extent to which US actions undercut the cause of democracy and human rights in Chile".
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