1. S. Africa is now run by the Communist ANC. 2. Pinochet was an anti-Communist and voluntarily relinquished power, leaving the country in the best shape it had ever been in (although, the Communists are beginning to regain power in Chile as evidenced by the growing domestic and foreign effort to charge Pinochet with war crimes). AS for the EU/NATO members, like I said, these bloodless revolutions were planned and implemented FROM THE TOP. If these kindler, gentler revolutions had been for real, blood would have been flowing in the streets, and large numbers of Communists would have been executed and/or given long prison terms.
I do not deny any of that, but by your standards none of that is a reality, because like in the Soviet Union, the previous rulers left without blood shed, that is unless you are using a blatently double standard. Are you?
How come Poland's communists were left out of teh list of our allies? The same communist party that broke Solidarity heads and jailed its members changed its name to Socialist and won in a land slide. So is Poland a Trojan Horse nation working for the secret KGB?