April,
Yes, you are right Johnson used the quote in question to describe
Battista and not Pinochet. Battista was Johnson's contemporary;
Pinochet was a Nixon-era creation. My point, clear enough, was that
Johnson's statement summed up with brutal clarity the U.S. attitude
toward friendly right-wing dictatorships during the Cold War period.
That, is why I said "would have put it," rather than "said of Pinochet;"
to my knowledge Johnson never said a word about the man. So if you must
get nit-picky, read my goddamn sentences.
Better still, can someone steer me toward the Foucauldian doctrine which
can help me comprehend why Pinochet might be held responsible for his
crimes but the United States, without whom there would be no Pinochet
(my comment about his imminent demise was a bit exaggerated; he's
recovering quickly from surgery; still he was not as Mrs. Thatcher says,
"A frail old man," when he ordered people thrown out of airplanes), is
left unchastened. If someone possesses this wisdom (read: Wis-dom, not
wise-ass) please respond.
Thanks,
MT
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>>To wit: There would be no Pinochet without the United States. U.S.
>>business and government interests put Pinochet into, and kept him in,
>>power for most of his career. "He's a son of a bitch," I think
Johnson
>>would have put it, "but he's our son of a bitch."
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>Sorry, but didn't Johnson say that about Battista and not Pinochet?
>Perhaps I'm mistaken.
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Yes, you are right Johnson used the quote in question to describe
Battista and not Pinochet. Battista was Johnson's contemporary;
Pinochet was a Nixon-era creation. My point, clear enough, was that
Johnson's statement summed up with brutal clarity the U.S. attitude
toward friendly right-wing dictatorships during the Cold War period.
That, is why I said "would have put it," rather than "said of Pinochet;"
to my knowledge Johnson never said a word about the man. So if you must
get nit-picky, read my goddamn sentences.
Better still, can someone steer me toward the Foucauldian doctrine which
can help me comprehend why Pinochet might be held responsible for his
crimes but the United States, without whom there would be no Pinochet
(my comment about his imminent demise was a bit exaggerated; he's
recovering quickly from surgery; still he was not as Mrs. Thatcher says,
"A frail old man," when he ordered people thrown out of airplanes), is
left unchastened. If someone possesses this wisdom (read: Wis-dom, not
wise-ass) please respond.
Thanks,
MT
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>>To wit: There would be no Pinochet without the United States. U.S.
>>business and government interests put Pinochet into, and kept him in,
>>power for most of his career. "He's a son of a bitch," I think
Johnson
>>would have put it, "but he's our son of a bitch."
>
>Sorry, but didn't Johnson say that about Battista and not Pinochet?
>Perhaps I'm mistaken.
>
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