There is probably no greater proof of Augusto Pinochet's cowardice than the posthumous release of his justification for his reign of terror:
In a posthumous letter to Chileans, Gen. Augusto Pinochet wished he had not needed to stage the bloody 1973 coup in which he took power, describing his destiny as one of banishment and unimagined loneliness.
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"My destiny is a kind of banishment and loneliness that I would have never imagined, much less wanted," Pinochet confided.
Poor thing! Read some more of his self-serving nonsense if you can stomach it:
He insisted the human rights violation under his government were inevitable because "as part of the characteristics of our rivals, it was necessary to implement certain procedures of military control, such as temporary imprisonment, authorized exile, executions by firing squad after military trials."
If his government hadn't acted like that, he added, "the military action would have ended in a fiasco, and that would have resulted in many years of negative, extremely painful consequences for the people."
Notice how he doesn't use the word torture. Notice how he doesn't attempt to justify his efforts to kill his opponents around the world, like this young man's grandparents. Hope he enjoys himself in hell.
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