On the death of Augusto Pinochet, there was much emphasis on his brutal ways and abrupt seizing of power. Not surprisingly, there wasn't much mention at all of what brought Chile to the nadir of their country's existence. Probably because the truth would hurt just a little too much. Turns out the country essentially asked the military to intervene, and with extremely good reason. The result may have been a classic case of being careful for what one wishes, but it was far from the string-pulling puppet show it has so often been portrayed as.

To their credit, most of the MSM articles I read did, eventually and more than a little begrudgingly, admit that Pinochet's regime is directly responsible for what is now South America's most successful country by far. They did seem to make sure, however, that such faint praise was always "under the fold".

We don't want the truth to impinge too much on our illusions of social justice now, do we?

Via Instapundit.