The AP writes quite approvingly that former Chilean strongman Gen. Pinochet is morally, ethically, spiritually, physically, positively, absolutely, undeniably and reliably dead.
He's not only merely dead, he's really most sincerely dead.
I wonder if they'll write an equally bad review when his fellow cutthroat Fidel Castro finally croaks.
Fat chance. You put a "People's Republic of" or some such nonsense in front of a country's name and give them Universal Crap Healthcare, and you're a saint, not a tyrant, no matter who you waste.
(Mitt Romney recently figgered out this li'l fact, instituting a healthcare program as governor of the People's Republic of Massachusetts. If he weren't a Republican and a Mormon, the AP already would have anointed him heir apparent for January '09. But Romney has never disappeared anybody, which is why Massachusettsians, in their 1994 US Senate election wisdom, went for Ted Kennedy instead. By comparison, Romney is a bit of a slacker.)
NRO has some great articles today on Pinochet. Also a flashback to a Jeane Kirkpatrick speech/article on the interaction of human rights and democracy as goals, and how the twain interfere and interact with each other.
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