Pinochet-- not such a bad chap
More from columnist extraordinaire, Frederick Forsyth. Today, he puzzles at why the recently departed General is such a hate figure for those on "the Left":
"To give credit where it is due, Pinochet did three good things. He restored a shattered economy and Chile remains prosperous to this day. He also restored democracy.
But in the Falklands War he did Britain favours that saved hundreds of British lives. A lot of it is still secret but basically we had secret radar scanners set up on his mountain peaks overlooking the Argentine bases."
"To give credit where it is due, Pinochet did three good things. He restored a shattered economy and Chile remains prosperous to this day. He also restored democracy.
But in the Falklands War he did Britain favours that saved hundreds of British lives. A lot of it is still secret but basically we had secret radar scanners set up on his mountain peaks overlooking the Argentine bases."
posted by tom at 9:48 pm
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A lot of it is top secret but basically I, Frederick Forsyth, the world's greatest newspaper columnist and de facto leader of the resistance, have unrestricted access to MoD files
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