As the whitewashing machines kick into full gear (as they did during the beatification of St. Ronald, nine years ago), it is good to know that same places can still see the past clearly. This country has still not recovered from the damage that she inflicted.
It is also interesting to look at what is being said outside of the UK and US press. For example, take a look at this article (http://www.santiagotimes.cl/world/chile-abroad/25980-margaret-thatcher-staunch-pinochet-supporter-and-friend-dies) in the Santiago Times. The Anglo-American sphere may be well on its way to canonization... but there are others who remember well how chummed she was with dictators. Not just Pinochet, though that is clearly what Chileans will remember most. She and Pol Pot got on well, too.
It doesn't fix the damage she did, but I'm still glad she's dead.
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Date: 2013-04-10 02:05 am (UTC)As the whitewashing machines kick into full gear (as they did during the beatification of St. Ronald, nine years ago), it is good to know that same places can still see the past clearly. This country has still not recovered from the damage that she inflicted.
It is also interesting to look at what is being said outside of the UK and US press. For example, take a look at this article (http://www.santiagotimes.cl/world/chile-abroad/25980-margaret-thatcher-staunch-pinochet-supporter-and-friend-dies) in the Santiago Times. The Anglo-American sphere may be well on its way to canonization... but there are others who remember well how chummed she was with dictators. Not just Pinochet, though that is clearly what Chileans will remember most. She and Pol Pot got on well, too.
It doesn't fix the damage she did, but I'm still glad she's dead.