Matthew King wrote:
>I would think, anyway, that unless the U.S. explicitly supported
>Pinochet's crimes
Surely you're being ironic here, right? There's not much question of this.
For evidence, see the Mational Security Archive,
<http://www.seas.gwu.edu/nsarchive/NSAEBB/NSAEBB8/nsaebb8i.htm>. From their
summary:
<quote>
These documents include:
** Cables written by U.S. Ambassador Edward Korry after Allende's election,
detailing conversations with President Eduardo Frei on how to block the
president-elect from being inaugurated. The cables contain detailed
descriptions and opinions on the various political forces in Chile,
including the Chilean military, the Christian Democrat Party, and the U.S.
business community.
** CIA memoranda and reports on "Project FUBELT"--the codename for covert
operations to promote a military coup and undermine Allende's government.
The documents, including minutes of meetings between Henry Kissinger and
CIA officials, CIA cables to its Santiago station, and summaries of covert
action in 1970, provide a clear paper trail to the decisions and operations
against Allende's government
** National Security Council strategy papers which record efforts to
"destabilize" Chile economically, and isolate Allende's government
diplomatically, between 1970 and 1973.
** State Department and NSC memoranda and cables after the coup, providing
evidence of human rights atrocities under the new military regime led by
General Pinochet.
** FBI documents on Operation Condor--the state-sponsored terrorism of the
Chilean secret police, DINA. The documents, including summaries of prison
letters written by DINA agent Michael Townley, provide evidence on the
carbombing assassination of Orlando Letelier and Ronni Moffitt in
Washington D.C., and the murder of Chilean General Carlos Prats and his
wife in Buenos Aires, among other operations.
</quote>
Is it a Foucaultian spirit that encourages this turn-the-other-cheek
attitude towards this criminal Pinochet?
Doug
>I would think, anyway, that unless the U.S. explicitly supported
>Pinochet's crimes
Surely you're being ironic here, right? There's not much question of this.
For evidence, see the Mational Security Archive,
<http://www.seas.gwu.edu/nsarchive/NSAEBB/NSAEBB8/nsaebb8i.htm>. From their
summary:
<quote>
These documents include:
** Cables written by U.S. Ambassador Edward Korry after Allende's election,
detailing conversations with President Eduardo Frei on how to block the
president-elect from being inaugurated. The cables contain detailed
descriptions and opinions on the various political forces in Chile,
including the Chilean military, the Christian Democrat Party, and the U.S.
business community.
** CIA memoranda and reports on "Project FUBELT"--the codename for covert
operations to promote a military coup and undermine Allende's government.
The documents, including minutes of meetings between Henry Kissinger and
CIA officials, CIA cables to its Santiago station, and summaries of covert
action in 1970, provide a clear paper trail to the decisions and operations
against Allende's government
** National Security Council strategy papers which record efforts to
"destabilize" Chile economically, and isolate Allende's government
diplomatically, between 1970 and 1973.
** State Department and NSC memoranda and cables after the coup, providing
evidence of human rights atrocities under the new military regime led by
General Pinochet.
** FBI documents on Operation Condor--the state-sponsored terrorism of the
Chilean secret police, DINA. The documents, including summaries of prison
letters written by DINA agent Michael Townley, provide evidence on the
carbombing assassination of Orlando Letelier and Ronni Moffitt in
Washington D.C., and the murder of Chilean General Carlos Prats and his
wife in Buenos Aires, among other operations.
</quote>
Is it a Foucaultian spirit that encourages this turn-the-other-cheek
attitude towards this criminal Pinochet?
Doug