Sometimes anniversaries form interesting coincidences. September 11, 1973 was a pretty dark day in United States history. It was the day of a military coup in Chile, led by General Augusto Pinochet, overthrowing Salvador Allende - Chile's democratically elected president. Whom we didn't like.
The United State's role in this military coup is well documented. Yesterday saw the release of thousands of more documents from the US government documenting the entire situation even further - with more authority.
Our own records damn our actions. And Chile still suffers. Pinochet has never been held accountable for his actions. Neither have we.
This screed isn't really about whether or not or how we should repay Chile for such incredible stupidity on our part. Nor is it really about the argument of whether or not the actions of the US were justified in its relentless struggle with communism.
It's just a request for some recognition of how big our mistakes can be. September 11 also marks a tragedy in Chile that they still have not recovered from, 30 years later.
It's really darn easy to puff up your chest and run around the middle east with the biggest, baddest military the planet has ever seen. It's really easy to start tromping around, bitch slapping any foreign toady who gets in your way.
But our actions have huge effects - effects that even three decades has not erased.
September 11, 1973, the US government decapitated a democratically elected government and installed our own right wing dictatorship. We strangely did this in the name of democracy and the fight against communism.
We did this in the name of freedom.
i just want to ask Do you know how would the date 9/11 choice and who did decided it ?
please if you know something let write me
You mean in 1973? Who knows. Try the links to the NSA archive above and see if there's anything in that resource - it's probably the best out there.