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:What happened here was no big mystery. [[User:RobS|RobS]] 16:30, 19 March 2007 (EDT)
:What happened here was no big mystery. [[User:RobS|RobS]] 16:30, 19 March 2007 (EDT)
No, it certainly isn't. Within hours of taking over, Pincohet's forces herded thousands of Allende supporters into the Santiago Sports Stadium and tortured and murdered them. One of the most famous victims was musician Victor Jara, who was arrested and beaten and tortured for three days. After they crushed his hands, the guards mockingly asked him to play a song for them on his guitar. They finally dumped his bullet-riddled body somewhere where his wife could collect it. For years afterwards, Chileans were "disappeared," kidnapped, tortured, and executed for the heinous crime of criticizing Pinochet.
Nothing like that happened under Allende but then, to borrow a phrase, "who cares?" Allende embraced socialism and Pinochet the free market, so Pinochet must be perceived as preferable in spite of the piles of dead bodies he left in his wake.
--[[User:PF Fox|PF Fox]] 17:26, 19 March 2007 (EDT)