Quote: the G-man said: But whenever anyone points out that, yes, Pinochet was a dictator and the US may have been wrong, however, the alternative could have easily been worse, you respond with the idea that Allende was "democratically elected," as if that invalidates the possibility he would have been worse.
Because it does! I don't know how you picture him, but he didn't take power with a gun in his hand like Castro. He did it by presenting himself as a candidate and addressing many of the worries the people had at the time. He got elected in the same way your beloved George W. Bush did, whether you like it or not, and his goverment needed to be respected as much as Bush's is today, whether I like it or not.
Allended valued democracy and he never did anything that would have led to that right being negated. He wasn't at war like Castro or Pinochet: his actions as a President responded to social needs rather than eradication of the opposing side.
