I asked the following questions of another Leftist on this thread (so far, no answer...big surprise).
Tell me, how do you overthrow a Communist revolution without killing Communists? How do you establish rule of law when every aspect of the government is riddled with Communists from top to bottom? If Pinochet had done it your way, Chile would be a Communist dictatorship exporting Communist revolution all over Latin America (and making common cause with our enemies in the WOT).
Don't go throwing around insults. In fact, perhaps it is YOU who is the Leftist, trolling in DU only to make FR look bad.
I never said that no Communists should have been killed in the coup. In fact, doubtless in the early fighting, many Communists were justifiably killed. What I meant was that he should have gone for mass imprisonment instead of mass killings, and that he should have done it with respect to a rule of law. There were factions of the gov't who SUPPORTED the coup, including the Christian Democratic Party of Chile, but eventually denounced him (along with the Catholic CHURCH) for his junta's excesses.
Besides, after Pinochet's coup succeeded, Chile was free of the chance of a Marxist dictatorship for all time. Or are you questioning Pinochet and his junta's abilities?