Patting the wrists, rolling the eyes.

[Spanky]

Originally posted by taxwonk
And what you are failing to grasp is that IT IS NOT OKAY TO FUCKING KILL, TORTURE, AND TERRORIZE PEOPLE INTO A "DEMOCRACY."

You can't judge everything from hindsight. Politics is not that easy. Sometimes it is the lesser of two evils. We supplied Stalin with tons of ammunition and supplies during World War II, and lots of it was used to exterminate his own people. We sent all the Russian prisoners of war back to Stalin even though we knew that he would kill them to avoid a conflict. Pinochets actions were not forseable. Allende's were. At the time Nixon made the right call.