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To: Toddsterpatriot

He may have not been Hitler, but he was far from a freedom-loving pro-democracy president.

124 posted on 12/10/2006 11:42:08 AM PST by RightCenter

To: RightCenter

He may have not been Hitler, but he was far from a freedom-loving pro-democracy president.

Did he not leave power voluntarily, setting up a democracy?

138 posted on 12/10/2006 11:49:33 AM PST by NeoCaveman (Rick Santorum in 2008, or 2012 or whenever we get serious about Islamofascism.)

To: RightCenter

He may have not been Hitler, but he was far from a freedom-loving pro-democracy president.

Unfortunately, for Chile, the choice wasn't between Reagan and Pinochet, it was between Allende (Castro) and Pinochet.

Would Chile have been better off under Castro? 17 years without democracy or 33 years and counting?

162 posted on 12/10/2006 12:04:38 PM PST by Toddsterpatriot (If you agree with EPI, you're not a conservative!)

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