That kind of stuff happens in the middle east and third world countries that are run by the leftist dictators that people like you admire.
Pinochet, The Shah, Trujillo, Batista, Diem, Duvalier, Marcos, Papadopoulos, Salazar, Franco, Suharto, Rios-Mont, etc. etc. were left wing?
Nice post, Hungry, and for the most part dead-on. However, calling the dictators who have been propped up by the CIA over the last 100 years "leftist" is just plain backwards.
Note to mods: Sorry to be posting this in a non-poiitical thread. Hungry's overtly political remark could not go unanswered. I'll not post again along this line; my statement is clear and stands for itself.