You mean someone like this?
Posted on 11/27/2002 7:33:43 AM PST by Brandon
Edited on 04/22/2004 12:35:13 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
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I guess that's why Bush's latest catch phrase is 'religion of peace' and Powell has gone out of his way to attack Christian conservatives. Don't remember any of that from a Russian alliance. Sorry but no dice. I remember these United States befriending Stalin from history, but the time of that 'befriendment' was also quite shorter. Leaders have been overlooking Saudi ties to terrorism for a lot longer.
Yepper, and a liberal link does not prove a point in one sense.
In another sense it shows that your link shows an illogical hatred of Pinochet, just like the illogical hate of Thatcher/Reagan/Bush.
Other South American countries would do well in following Chile's lead of the last 30 years, although it doesn't look that way. Argentina, Brazil, and Venezuela, electing leftist populist leaders.
Oh well, live and learn.
You mean someone like this?
LOL!
SEBASTIAN EDWARDS: The (Allende)economy turned into a barter economy. And I do remember -- I was a college student at the time--my mother was able one time to secure a box of toilet paper, and she was calling her friends trying to get some cooking oil in exchange for toilet paper, and she called me and said, well, you’re an economics student, what do you think should be the rate of exchange between toilet paper and cooking oil? And those are the type of problems that we were seeing.
These problems were the result of a combination of factors. One of them, of course, was the misguided economic policies that Allende was trying to pursue, with price controls everywhere. But also one has to be fair and say that political upheaval and opposition to the regime contributed to it.
CHARLES KRAUSE: Now, let me ask Mr. Porzecanski, tell me, what did the Chile government do under Gen. Pinochet that changed all that, that made Chile an attractive place for foreign investors?
ARTURO PORZECANSKI: Well, first of all, they privatized; all the property that had been confiscated by the Allende government was turned back to the private sector, and more than that. They went on a privatization campaign that was very, very extensive and was a first for Latin America. They privatized not just public utilities and the like but all kind of other things, including, for instance, the Social Security system, in a very pioneering reform that’s now being emulated by a number of countries in Latin America. Beyond that, very sound fiscal and monetary policies, very cautious wage policy, and a unilateral opening to foreign trade and foreign investment that has paid enormous dividends.
HUNDREDS of vague, unsubstantiated allegations were thrown around. Rest assured, I DO remember the Iran-Contra hearings with painful vividness.
Regardless of whether it's conspiracy, urban legend or outright lie, a vague, unsubstantiated allegation about VICE-President H.W. Bush, allegedly occuring before he was even the V.P., but when he was director of the C.I.A, has no bearing on this discussion.
Take away the oil? Just how do you think we should take the oil away from the Saudis?
Right. So let's go in and nuke the Saudis.
Your statement was obvious, naiive, and ultimately irrelevant. Saudi is more easily changed through diplomacy than opwn war. Not that it's guaranteed NOT to come to that, but right now, the president is handling them right.
Those mindless statements are exactly why I'm logging off to get a stiff drink, then maybe some supper.
Have a good Thanksgiving, Peach, everyone!
I imagine the libs will find something to complain about and just sound foolish. It's probably good to have someone from a previous administration, when security was taken seriously (so it would have to be pre-Clinton) who can bring the perspective of what has changed and had a negative impact.
What I'm impressed with is that it shows me that GWB is in charge. He decided when the investigation would go forward, and what the makeup of the commission would be.
I'm not a globalist, though, and I suspect that this commission will not be one that comes out with initiatives that are what I would like to see with regard to the borders and immigration restraints.
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