That's like saying Pervez Mushareff is a hero because he's against Islamofascism. He's still a military leader that wants to nuke India!
Who did Pinochet want to nuke?
Well, he really isn't against Islamofascism.
I Don't see that Pervez-M wants to nuke India. India developed the bomb first. India took over the Muslim majority state Hyderabad, and then invaded the Muslim majority state Jammu-Kashmir. Subsequently they intervened in the Pakistan civil war, invading East Pakistan and creating the puppet state of Bangledesh.
I see where Pervez-M has been targeted by Islamofacists, who have attempted to murder him a time or two. Making a decision to support freedom for others, at substantial personal risk- That is a pretty good definition of heroism, to me.
Now, having said that, Pinochet had at least supervisory responsiblity for 3000 some odd Chilian people killed in putting down the attempted communist take over. So, is it your opinion that there were less than 3000 communist supporters in Chile, and therefore he killed too many people? Most communist takeovers occur with say 5 or 10 percent of the people supporting. I find his actions to put down the communist "self coup" rather moderate.
If he stole the people's money after the fact, then he is just another moderately corrupt politician. That makes him no worse than Harry Reid, Jack Murtha, Duke Cunningham, or William Jefferson in my book.
He stepped down. That covers rather a lot of sins in my book. RIP Augusto.