Remembering 9/11

[Valley Oak]

"There still needs to be more clarity about many more things."
Chilean President, Michelle Bachelet
Official Website of Chile
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CIA Admits Involvement in Chilean Coup
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1973 Chilean coup d'état:
Wikipedia: The 1973 Chilean coup d'état was a watershed event in both the history of Chile and the Cold War. Following an extended period of social unrest and political tension between the right-controlled Congress of Chile and the socialist President Salvador Allende, as well as economic warfare ordered by US President Richard Nixon,[6] Allende was overthrown by the armed forces and national police.[7][8]

The military deposed Allende's Popular Unity government and later established a junta that suspended all political activity in Chile and repressed left-wing movements, especially the communist and socialist parties and the Revolutionary Left Movement (MIR). Allende's appointed army chief, Augusto Pinochet, rose to supreme power within a year of the coup, formally assuming power in late 1974.[9] The United States government, which had worked to create the conditions for the coup,[10]promptly recognized the junta government and supported it in consolidating power.[11]



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Salvador Allende, President of Chile in 1973, murdered during coup.

[Hot Compost]

Remember 2 Monday mornings ago - October 2 ?

Waking up to the aftermath of the shooting - 58 deaths.

Now we have big fires - 41 deaths.

Those are the kinds of casualties inflicted by America's Terror War - every day.

Although I think the casualties from America's Terror War are quite a bit higher than 41, or 58, civilians killed each day, every day - for 16 years. Doctors without Borders has that kind of numbers.

I refer to the "progressive" community in Sonoma County as "Faux Progressives". The anti-war sentiment that was so strong among us in the 1960's ... it's gone.