[gabidale89]

"Pinochet didn't kill in the name of war, civil or otherwise. His regime murdered innocents. Teachers, students, journalists, and anyone else who would dare to disagree with him. It slays me that you hate the USSR so much, yet idolize a man who embodies the same evil, and inflicted the same terrors on this people just on a smaller scale."

Thank you!

A can't believe some people on FR would think Pinochet is some kind of a "hero." Yes, he was against communists, and communism is evil. But so are all of the ideologies of dictators and totalitarians.

Loving Pinochet and hating Chavez reminds me of liberals who love Stalin but hate Hitler.

Please see the absurdity of this position.

[eleni121]

You've heard about The Kirkpatrick Doctrine ----it holds that right-wing dictatorships can evolve into democratic governments far more easily that left-wing dictatorships which need major efforts and sacrifice such as a sustained Cold war - and occasionally hot war.

Try to actually think about that!