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Thread #18773   Message #189080
Posted By: M. Ted (inactive)
03-Mar-00 - 09:01 PM
Thread Name: Pinochet What?
Subject: RE: Pinochet What?
Information? I never said I had any information--I know what I see--And I don't see international leaders anywhere eager to prosecute Pinochet--There are a few relatively low level officials making obligatory protests--

Maybe, as I reflect, no one important ever wanted him prosecuted, maybe everyone has been looking for a graceful way out of this all along--

At any rate, why are you so offended when I compare the interests of two dictators? Even one was good, and one was bad, they both are considered by signifcant numbers of people to be guilty of massive Human Rights violations--

For myself--a dictator is a dictator, and I am old enough to remember stories about massive roundups, stadiums full of prisoners, and mass executions in Cuba--

I am not disposed to argue about Castro, and you may regard him however you wish--However, there are significant numbers of wealthy and politically powerful Cuban exiles here in the US who will demand that Castro be arrested and tried if he ever steps from power--and he has to be concerned about how the International Community will respond to this pressure--