Reply #6: Doctrine Behind the Repression.... [View All]

[tlcandie]

Lots of US intervention here...Linked from the nucas link provided above:

http://www.nuncamas.org/english/library/nevagain/nevagain_281.htm

I see a lot of what has/is happening here within this document... far RW Christian morality and the military being beyond reproach.

EDIT: Clarity. I did not say that this WAS us, but it certainly seems that we are ripe for the picking from reading this information.

May ALL South Americans find peace and prosperity by their own choice w/o being manipulated by governments and politics.

EDIT #2: Taken from the Conclusion of this same document:

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We can state categorically - contrary to what the executors of this sinister plan maintain - that they did not pursue only the members of political organizations who carried out acts of terrorism. Among the victims are thousands who never had any links with such activity but were nevertheless subjected to horrific torture because they opposed the military dictatorship, took part in union or student activities, were well-known intellectuals who questioned state terrorism, or simply because they were relatives, friends, or names included in the address book of someone considered subversive.
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EDIT: #3 Taken from the Prologue of this same document:

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During the 1970s, Argentina was torn by terror from both the extreme right and the far left. This phenomenon was not unique to our country. Italy, for example, has suffered for many years from the heartless attacks of Fascist groups, the Red Brigades, and other similar organizations. Never at any time, however, did that country abandon the principles of law in its fight against these terrorists, and it managed to resolve the problem through the normal courts of law, guaranteeing the accused all their rights of a fair hearing. When Aldo Moro was kidnapped, a member of the security forces suggested to General Della Chiesa that a suspect who apparently knew a lot be tortured. The general replied with the memorable words: ’Italy can survive the loss of Aldo Moro. It would not survive the introduction of torture.’

The same cannot be said of our country. The armed forces responded to the terrorists’ crimes with a terrorism far worse than the one they were combating, and after 24 March 1976 they could count on the power and impunity of an absolute state, which they misused to abduct, torture and kill thousands of human beings.
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It seems that the introduction of torture is where the balance went off course and the country spiraled into this nightmare. I find it interesting that the US is doing the same, albeit in reportedly indiscrete locations, which supposedly makes it legally and morally a non-issue.

I remember at the beginning threads on the introduction of torture and countries were discussing about it being introduced as an 'acceptable' means of interrogation when all this Afghan/Iraq mess started.

EDIT: #4 This is indeed sobering and the US really needs to wake up NOW, before there is no going back!