UK Welcomed Pinochet's Bloody 1973 Chilean Coup

[lord of the mark]

Originally posted by paiktis22
The point of this thread and the rememberance at least as I and many see it is that untill proper distribution of justice to the UK is being done this will remain an open subject awaiting vindification when the times will allow. Sooner or later.

A second point but no least of this thread and the remembrance is to pointing this out as this will affect peoples' views about the UK and bring them to the right proportions. Not that any help is needed about that but again the dead of that coup since they can't have justice yet they can at least have their voice be heard from the grave.

i see nothing in the article quoted that indicates that the UK in any way supported the coup. Merely a set of factual statements, just about all of which were correct. I fail to see how the article quoted says anything about a need for justice.

[The Viceroy]

Lets go back 30 years into Greek history, and see what mud we can find .. I do enjoy your threads Paiktis22

Infact, lets go 30 years into the past of any country, and find some government advisors and even government officials that were up to no good .. im sure we could find something.

All this proves is a bunch of UK government bigwigs got it baddly wrong during the 70's .. but of course, nobody does things like that in any other country today ! Lets find another Middle eastern dictator to appease.

[GePap]

Well, for some reaosn the documents about what transpired the day of were not released...what I wonder do they contain?

[Fake Boris]

Originally posted by lord of the mark


i see nothing in the article quoted that indicates that the UK in any way supported the coup. Merely a set of factual statements, just about all of which were correct. I fail to see how the article quoted says anything about a need for justice.

Yes, since UK was so much of a weak country with no international influence and deficient secret services, they had to resort to statements because it was impossible for them to do something against it.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Yes, since UK was so much of a weak country with no international influence and deficient secret services, they had to resort to statements because it was impossible for them to do something against it.

You mean invade the soveriegnty of a country without UN sanction? *gasp* I thought the left was against that!

[Fake Boris]

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
You mean invade the soveriegnty of a country without UN sanction? *gasp* I thought the left was against that!

Seriously, I've never said I was against the war in Iraq. And I'm not.

And most of my friends do not consider me a leftist, but more like center-right. I have been advocating more privatization in Quebec's public sector.

But you're not my friend anyway, so...

EDIT: your name in my sig has been corrected.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Thanks... I do want my name correctly spelled next to a totally ****ing obvious statement.

[Fake Boris]

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
Thanks... I do want my name correctly spelled next to a totally ****ing obvious statement.

Yeah, sure. Here is a link to a World Bank chart comparing, amongst other obvious such as PPP GNI and GDP growth, GDP growth per capita, for all countries in the world...

http://www.worldbank.org/data/wdi2003/tables/table1-1.pdf

[Imran Siddiqui]

Here are better numbers (the only ones that count):

GDP (PPP):
China: $5.989 Trillion
Norway: $149.1 Billion

(From CIA World Factbook)

Treadjack OVER .

[Chilean President™]

But what's the point of that if the per capita is:

China: $890
Norway: $35,630

China is in fact richer, but they are a bunch of comies that doesn't know how to enjoy it

[KrazyHorse]

Although I generally dispute the reliability of anything appearing in the CIA World Fantasybook, I'm pretty sure China produces more than Norway does.

[thesilentone]

Paiktis, if you hate the UK so much why not just post a thread saying so instead of constantly pulling out all this bull**** which does nothing but make you look like a troll. I mean if we want to dig further into history which matters little in todays world, why not dig up stuff that shows the brits liberating greece from the ottomans, or the germans. Or how we insisted that greece remain democratic and not fall under soviet influence when we were dividing up eastern europe with the soviet union. Sheesh.

[KrazyHorse]

He just wants his marbles back.

[Imran Siddiqui]

But what's the point of that if the per capita is

The point is they are still richer . The average Norwegian may be able to say he has a better life, but he can't say his country may be richer.

[KrazyHorse]

Richer can take both meanings, Imran.