September 11th

[corona]

The day? September 11th. The year? 1973.

Augusto Pinochet proceeds with a military coup to overthrow the ruling government of Chile.

A coup that showed the true two-faced nature of the United States Government and lack of compassion for civilian lives. On the outside the US condemned the actions of Pinochet, all the while in secret support. The result being the loss of thousands of civilian lives and tens of thousands of tortured individuals and nearly 2 decades of brutal dictatorial rule.

The reason? The US has a hate for democracy. Chile had been a true democracy for decades prior. In 1970, despite millions of dollars injected by the US to try to sway the outcome of the election, Chile elected (democratically) the socialist Salvador Allande and, as was custom at the time, the US had to be fundamentally opposed to any socialist regardless of intentions.

Trying to sway a democratic election wasn't enough, so the US decided to use military involvement to help with the overthrow and assassination of Allande only to put in place a brutal dictator who will keep power for the next 17 years.

Good job USA, ya fuckers.

 

[.Hugo.]

Why didnt canada step in and help out then?

 

[louie.mirags]

The result being the loss of thousands of civilian lives and tens of thousands of tortured individuals and nearly 2 decades of brutal dictatorial rule.

How times have barely changed

 

[.otto.]

People today will be making a massive deal about the losses at 9/11 yet few know how much death the usa has caused so many more time than our little "9/11". 9/11 looks like chicken shit compared to the atrocities of other happenings that have happened around the world. fuck usa

 

[SFB]

shut up you commie

 

[CHORIZO]

How did you recieve this top secret intel?

 

[ChillTeenDad420]

The US likes democracy in foreign countries only when it works to our benefit

 

[louie.mirags]

The US likes democracy in foreign countries only when it works to our benefit

and a lot of our country thinks we're a democracy

 

[ChillTeenDad420]

we're a democratic republic but as time goes by it seems less and less so...

 

[JohnLocke]

I like to consider myself an informed U.S citizen, so of course I know and recognize our countries fair number of wrongdoings and hypocritical incidents. The fact is, we also do a lot of good in the world. And you should also remember; most countries in the world at some point in their history have committed atrocities. It is the sad truth. The U.S is revered as a world leader in morality, so ours tend to come more to light, a they should be. WE have a duty to uphold our stance as forerunners and leaders in making the contemporary world and the future world a better place. Almost every country has had a leader who committed atrocities. While we should accept that and learn from it, we should also not wallow in it. It's counter productive to focus just on why we "suck" and how " we never do anything right". We should be thinking about how we can forge unity and cooperation for a new world order centered around peace and good quality of life. On this 9/11 anniversary, please don't focus on blaming and wallowing in atrocities. Look forward to doing good in the world. And remember, 3,000 human lives were lost on this date. It doesn't matter what country they were from, they deserve respect, not political wallowing.

/end rant.

 

[cobra_commander]

and a lot of our country thinks we're a democracy

Only because they are fucking idiots. The United States has never been a Democracy nor claimed to be a democracy. Why? Because democracy is a shitty form of government.

The United States is a Constitutional Federal Republic, not a democracy. Never has been, and hopefully, never will be.

Democracy is two wolves and a lamb... or Rwanda in 1994.

 

[ImNotARacist]

Only because they are fucking idiots. The United States has never been a Democracy nor claimed to be a democracy. Why? Because democracy is a shitty form of government.

The United States is a Constitutional Federal Republic, not a democracy. Never has been, and hopefully, never will be.

Democracy is two wolves and a lamb... or Rwanda in 1994.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/apr/21/americas-oligarchy-not-democracy-or-republic-unive/

 

[Kooky_Lukey]

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/apr/21/americas-oligarchy-not-democracy-or-republic-unive/

Do you ever come up with original thoughts/arguments for yourself? Anyone can do a google search.

 

[ImNotARacist]

Do you ever come up with original thoughts/arguments for yourself? Anyone can do a google search.

http://lifehacker.com/how-to-find-evidence-to-support-any-argument-1454627815

 

[theabortionator]

Trying to sway a democratic election wasn't enough, so the US decided to use military involvement to help with the overthrow and assassination of Allande only to put in place a brutal dictator who will keep power for the next 17 years.

Good job USA, ya fuckers.

Lies. The US would never fund rebel armies or assassinate world leaders who don't do what we want them to. We would never ever do anything like that.

 

[qazwsxedc34]

we're a democratic republic but as time goes by it seems less and less so...

Hate to tell you we were never a democracy, we were once a constitutional republic, however, now we are a oligarchy corporatocracy.