He was not "Santo Allende"

A few months ago we wrote about General Pinochet of Chine.  

We admitted that Pinochet made mistakes.    However, I am fed up with the left's canonization of Salvador Allende.

Let me repeat it: He was not Santo Allende!

See Augusto Pinochet: The Untold Story by Humberto Fontova:

By the time of Pinochet's coup, an estimated 31,000 Cuban, Soviet bloc and Communist operatives infested Chile, including Castro's top terrorist spymasters, Antonio De La Guardia and his (nominal) boss Manuel "Barbarroja" Pineiro."Among the hundreds of Soviet personnel were KGB luminaries Viktor Efremov, Vasili Stepanov and Nikolai Kotchanov."

Yes, Pinochet probably cracked a few too many heads. At the same time, Allende tried to force a leftist revolution that Chileans did not vote for in 1970.

Was Pinochet perfect? I said that he wasn't!

Was Allende a Saint? Not at all.

Allende left an economic mess.  Pinochet left the best economy in Latin America.

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