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Adenoid_Hynkel

(14,093 posts)
Mon Apr 8, 2013, 06:12 PM Apr 2013

Margaret Thatcher, staunch Pinochet supporter and friend, dies



At least one newspaper got the headline right

Since stepping down from power in 1990, Pinochet was an annual visitor to Thatcher’s home in London. The BBC reported the former dictator would always send flowers and chocolates to the “Iron Lady” upon his arrival in Britain.

When Pinochet was arrested in London in October 1998, Thatcher was an outspoken supporter of the former dictator, who was being indicted for numerous human rights violations. She campaigned for Pinochet’s release, calling his detention “callous and unjust.”

At a Conservative Party press conference shortly after his arrest, Thatcher claimed Pinochet’s enemies hated him because he successfully changed Chile’s economy under a free market model.

(...)

Thatcher’s staunch support of the dictator — whose 17-year reign of terror included thousands of deaths and numerous human rights abuses — was a controversial position for her to take, though the “Iron Lady” was never one to shy away from controversy.

http://www.santiagotimes.cl/world/chile-abroad/25980-margaret-thatcher-staunch-pinochet-supporter-and-friend-dies

Let's save our grief for the victims of these monsters


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Margaret Thatcher, staunch Pinochet supporter and friend, dies (Original Post) Adenoid_Hynkel Apr 2013 OP
This message was self-deleted by its author devilgrrl Apr 2013 #1
Check out a song called Maggie by The Exploited. backscatter712 Apr 2013 #2
Well, she can join her friend Augusto in whatever ring of hell they Cleita Apr 2013 #3
Oh, but I don't think that's polite etiquette to point out! Arugula Latte Apr 2013 #4

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backscatter712

(26,355 posts)
2. Check out a song called Maggie by The Exploited.
Mon Apr 8, 2013, 06:15 PM
Apr 2013

I can't post the link directly, or post lyrics, without risking PPR, but I agree with the sentiment.

Google and ye shall find.

Cleita

(75,480 posts)
3. Well, she can join her friend Augusto in whatever ring of hell they
Mon Apr 8, 2013, 06:17 PM
Apr 2013

are thrown into for eternity. Those are two really evil people of this last century and they went to their graves without paying for their deeds just like our evil leaders Bush and Cheney no doubt will too.

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