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Originally Posted by Sylvanfan
Go back 28 years prior to that and the role the U.S. had in helping Augosto Pinochet stage a military coup on this date in 1973. The subsequent actions of his regime was rather brutal. Maybe not in terms of total numbers, but the way in which it was carried out.
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The U.S. also supported Saddam Hussein's rise to power in Iraq. Basically, anyone who wasn't a communist was fine. The fact he also wasn't an Islamist was a bonus for them. Heck, they didn't even care all that much when he committed mass murder, but mess around with oil, and all bets are off.
They shouldn't even be associated with 9/11, but I guess the overarching war on terrorism that followed it is hard to separate.