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To: mathprof

Wishful thinking. Augusto Pinochet was the right man in the right place at the right time. He was very unique, one of the few dictators in history to eventually give up his power voluntarily. Is there a Pinochet within the Egyptian military? Perhaps, but unlikely.


5 posted on 07/05/2013 8:00:14 PM PDT by Viennacon
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To: Viennacon

Even so, he was villfied by the left for having prevented a Communist takeover in Chile.


8 posted on 07/05/2013 8:22:27 PM PDT by RobbyS
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