Re: OT: debian-beer (was Re: wrapping [was: Re: disable paragraphflows in mozilla?])
Dale Hair <dale@meridian-electric.com> writes:
> > CIA's "School of the Americas" trained military men from most countries
> > in South America in torturing and dirty war techniques. US supported
> > economically and politically all of the coups d'etat during the '70s,
> > mainly to stop the lefty political movements and guerrillas.
>
> But is life there better now than it was then? (probably) What would
> life be like in those countries now if the communist dictators were
> still in power. War and conflicts are hell, but it's sometimes
> necessary for a better future.
In the cases of Guatemala and Chile, the USA sponsored coups against
democratically elected governments that replaced them with dictators.
--
Keith Willoughby
"I couldn't even find anything to read. The hotel shop
only had two decent books and I'd written both of them."
- Douglas Adams
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