One of the worst dictators in South America is dead. He toppled the Allende government with the active cooperation of American establishment, and ruled the country for almost two decades. The fact that his cronies committed most heinous form of human rights violations is well documented but h
e was never put on trial and enjoyed quite a comfortable life with West very much indebted to him (Thatcher being one example). In this context it is pertinent to mention the intense amusement this blogger feels wherein Bush and his pets are after Saddam Hussein, there are many dictators- contemporary and erstwhile, who are (and were) treated as state guests!!. India too has few dudes in its neighborhood, the loudmouth feudal Mushraff ( A chief beneficiary of ‘global terrorism’- he even made money from his book. I am told the publishers had no need for Marketing!!. Crooked faced master’s accented Jaswant Singh- he is one fellow who sincerely makes me cringe, could get some tips for his next book. They I am told are leaders!!. Pathetic) and also in Myanmar.
e was never put on trial and enjoyed quite a comfortable life with West very much indebted to him (Thatcher being one example). In this context it is pertinent to mention the intense amusement this blogger feels wherein Bush and his pets are after Saddam Hussein, there are many dictators- contemporary and erstwhile, who are (and were) treated as state guests!!. India too has few dudes in its neighborhood, the loudmouth feudal Mushraff ( A chief beneficiary of ‘global terrorism’- he even made money from his book. I am told the publishers had no need for Marketing!!. Crooked faced master’s accented Jaswant Singh- he is one fellow who sincerely makes me cringe, could get some tips for his next book. They I am told are leaders!!. Pathetic) and also in Myanmar.Although every continent in the world had its own share of dictators (even Australia…well Fiji does come under this continent if I have got it right) it is Africa which has suffered the most, I guess. This blogger opines that there can still be a trial of Pinochet further the American complexities on this and every other like matters should be brought into mainstream knowledge. People around the world need to know more about American Army than the Hollywood candy stories of American saviors. This means everything from Hiroshima to Baghdad. When it comes to Army somewhere it has been implanted in the popular psyche that we have chance with goody goody Americans in contrast to uncouth Chinese, Japanese or recently Arabs (well no points for guessing I was one time buff of those pocket size war comics and very much on literature of war, later even war movies…well I had access to Army libraries in school. Good old charming world!!. Offcourse soon it switched me off as I realized what war means in reality, I thou
ght 'Platoon' was an excellent movie). Gen MacArthur is considered a quintessential American hero and was even in line for the job of President. There is enough Hollywood floss on his ‘exploits’ and ‘leadership’ spread with zeal by American channels around the world. But the little known fact which is very reflective of his intentions and character were never revealed and that is he was nuclear hawk, very much into using nuclear bomb for ‘tactical advantage’. He nearly used it in china and rued that nuclear weapon is under civilian authority for whom he had only contempt (as is the wont of most army men around the world). There is a charming scene in a movie (Kubrick movie if I recollect rightly) where a look alike of MacArthur is shown as a maniac wanting to destroy the world with nuclear bombs. With military in possession of nuclear bomb Gen. Mushraff is one of the most dangerous man on Earth.
