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Originally posted by Spanky
Destroy the whole village? 15.4 million people had their lives improved dramatically at the cost of of one thousand lives (I don't think there were that many but I will let this statistic stand for the sake of argument).
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According to the AP in 2002 (quick Google search): An official Chilean report concluded 3,197 people were killed for political reasons under Pinochet's regime.
This doesn't count the people tortured, disappeared, etc. In these situations a full accounting is tough to come by.
But hey, ya gotta break a few eggs, right? And I'm sure that there was no fear from anyone else in the country.
Can you explain the neo-con philosophy again? You know, the one about promoting democracy? Or is it only democracies whose policies you like?
