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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: President Obama: Please Endorse Hillary Already [View all]Armstead
(47,803 posts)44. So is this who you want as your role model?
http://nsarchive.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEBB437/
Henry Kissinger urged President Richard Nixon to overthrow the democratically elected Allende government in Chile because his "'model' effect can be insidious," according to documents posted today by the National Security Archive. The coup against Allende occurred on this date 40 years ago. The posted records spotlight Kissinger's role as the principal policy architect of U.S. efforts to oust the Chilean leader, and assist in the consolidation of the Pinochet dictatorship in Chile.
The documents, which include transcripts of Kissinger's "telcons" telephone conversations that were never shown to the special Senate Committee chaired by Senator Frank Church in the mid 1970s, provide key details about the arguments, decisions, and operations Kissinger made and supervised during his tenure as national security adviser and secretary of state.
"These documents provide the verdict of history on Kissinger's singular contribution to the denouement of democracy and rise of dictatorship in Chile," said Peter Kornbluh who directs the Chile Documentation Project at the National Security Archive. "They are the evidence of his accountability for the events of forty years ago."
Today's posting includes a Kissinger "telcon" with Nixon that records their first conversation after the coup. During the conversation Kissinger tells Nixon that the U.S. had "helped" the coup. "[Word omitted] created the conditions as best as possible." When Nixon complained about the "liberal crap" in the media about Allende's overthrow, Kissinger advised him: "In the Eisenhower period, we would be heroes."
Henry Kissinger urged President Richard Nixon to overthrow the democratically elected Allende government in Chile because his "'model' effect can be insidious," according to documents posted today by the National Security Archive. The coup against Allende occurred on this date 40 years ago. The posted records spotlight Kissinger's role as the principal policy architect of U.S. efforts to oust the Chilean leader, and assist in the consolidation of the Pinochet dictatorship in Chile.
The documents, which include transcripts of Kissinger's "telcons" telephone conversations that were never shown to the special Senate Committee chaired by Senator Frank Church in the mid 1970s, provide key details about the arguments, decisions, and operations Kissinger made and supervised during his tenure as national security adviser and secretary of state.
"These documents provide the verdict of history on Kissinger's singular contribution to the denouement of democracy and rise of dictatorship in Chile," said Peter Kornbluh who directs the Chile Documentation Project at the National Security Archive. "They are the evidence of his accountability for the events of forty years ago."
Today's posting includes a Kissinger "telcon" with Nixon that records their first conversation after the coup. During the conversation Kissinger tells Nixon that the U.S. had "helped" the coup. "[Word omitted] created the conditions as best as possible." When Nixon complained about the "liberal crap" in the media about Allende's overthrow, Kissinger advised him: "In the Eisenhower period, we would be heroes."
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McGovern lost because his VP pick underwent electroshock for Bipolar and still suffered from it!
TheBlackAdder
Mar 2016
#29
someone who praised Fidel Castro during the Cold War and hasn't apologized is morally unfit
ericson00
Mar 2016
#4
And I guess this is the rationale for rigging elections in favor of Hillary?
AZ Progressive
Mar 2016
#6
Didn't Hillary praise the war criminal Kissinger and make him her confidante?
beam me up scottie
Mar 2016
#8
I dont want someone who will start WWIII and give superpowers to big corporations in the White House
AZ Progressive
Mar 2016
#15
I rec'd the OP to the Greatest page so more people would find your response. n/t
femmedem
Mar 2016
#71
Not to mention, McGovern ran (and his VP was sabotaged) BEFORE Watergate broke.
strategery blunder
Mar 2016
#21
One can't truly discuss the McGovern race without discussing what happened to the Democratic party
Kip Humphrey
Mar 2016
#59
i see we are the only two to have recc'ed this. A shame, it was a highlight of my evening.
JonLeibowitz
Mar 2016
#23
President Obama!! Ignore Democracy! Take away our right to vote!! Intervene in US Elections! HURRY!!
jillan
Mar 2016
#26
It would be inappropriate for the president to endorse a candidate in the middle of a primary
davidpdx
Mar 2016
#28
It is a long way to November, President Obama still has a lot to be accomplished. Not time for him
akbacchus_BC
Mar 2016
#31
I doubt an endorsement by President Obama is coming before the end of the primary ...
1StrongBlackMan
Mar 2016
#60
A primary endorsement by a sitting President would be so unprecedented that it would do more harm
Recursion
Mar 2016
#61
This OP is a great example of the adage: Lie down with dogs, get fleas.
lumberjack_jeff
Mar 2016
#68
"There's desperation in the air. It stains all your clothes and no detergent gets it out"
hobbit709
Mar 2016
#95