Pinochet had to chose the lesser of two evils,given the choise of takeover by a vicious totalitarian philosophy or the methods he used,which was worse ? look at how many people were slaughtered by che and castro?
Churchill is said stated , "in the wars for modern democracy there is no room for chivalry
I have heard many people claim many things about Capitan General Augusto Pinochet, but never that he was fighting a war for "modern democracy."
A man who seized power, set up a military junta, invalidated the Constitution, canceled elections, banned political opposition, tortured those opponents to death and ruled with one party rule for nearly a quarter of a century was fighting for democracy?