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The Quirk's avatar

That's different -- Saddam was a BAD dictator, the kind who wanted to keep his money and oil himself.

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The Quirk's avatar

Duh, he's a DEMOCRAT.

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The Quirk's avatar

Rat dic-tators.

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bobbert's avatar

Mixing a couple of weekend memes.

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bobbert's avatar

Now?

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PubOption's avatar

Possibly the senile witch Maggie Thatcher.

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Chris Grrr's avatar

Pinochet knew<strike> population inflation was just as</strike> evil<strike> as the monetary kind</strike>.

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Lot_49's avatar

Of course not. Money is much more important than mere human beings.

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Vienna Woods's avatar

So, what you're saying is that the WSJ editorial staff needs to read some Isabel Allende novels.

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Bezoar's avatar

Apparently the Wall Street Journal now will say anything to troll more page views.

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Pierre_de_Fermat's avatar

The WSJ is pro-Pinochet? Geeze, I thought they'd be a bit on the down low on that. You don't find much pro-Pinochet sentiment anywhere these days -- except on the pages of the WSJ. What a sordid thing to be associated with.

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𝔅𝔢𝔢𝔩𝔷𝔢𝔟𝔲𝔟𝔟𝔞's avatar

The proper way to phrase that is "the rich douchebags in this country consider that they would make more money if you didn' have the freedom to vote, redress your grievances, peacefully assemble, etc."

And with shameless pricks like Scott Walker doing their bidding, they're out to solve the problem.

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𝔅𝔢𝔢𝔩𝔷𝔢𝔟𝔲𝔟𝔟𝔞's avatar

Those bound in Chilean bonds, not so much.

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schmannity's avatar

WSJ: Egyptian Democracy? Tut Tut.

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JustPixelz: IV%'er's avatar

<i>"..., who took power amid chaos but hired free-market reformers and midwifed a transition to democracy."</i>

Same thing happened here, except it was Dubya who was took power (Thanks SCOTUS!) t hired free-market <strike>reformers</strike> fappers and midwifed a transition <strike>to</strike> away from democracy.

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Chris Grrr's avatar

The multinational corporations are the real victims here.

'Twas ever thus.

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