John McCain, the last great active American political figure of the 20th century, has lost his battle with cancer at age 81.
• Watch a video tribute to John McCain HERE
• Watching America’s Collapse, HERE
The Unz Review: An Alternative Media Selection
Author Credits: [show_post_categories parent="no" parentcategory="writers" show = "category" hyperlink="yes"]
Lynne Newington
August 25, 2018 at 20:57
Thank you.
It was interesting to read he secured U.S. funding for the plebiscite which ended dictator Pinochet’s rule … also noting the similarities between the Argentine dictatorship in more ways than one.
The “disappeared” (victims kidnapped, tortured and murdered whose bodies were disappeared by the military government) included those thought to be politically or ideologically a threat to the military junta, even vaguely, or contrary to the plan of neoliberal economic policies dictated by Operation Condor. They were killed in an attempt by the junta to silence the social and political opposition.
— From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Simon Warriner
August 26, 2018 at 00:33
The truth is always arrived at by considering many perspectives. Certainly more than one perspective is required. This one is far enough removed from the first to give a bit of depth to the image being formed in the reader’s mind.
https://www.opednews.com/articles/Closing-the-Deal-by-Lisa-Johnson-080815-326.html
I have not devoted enough time to hold a firm view myself, but I do see that there are some very deeply held negative views held by his countrymen of this individual and his actions . I would urge wide reading to properly understand someone whose life has created some of the most polarised views I have ever come across.
Lynne Newington
August 26, 2018 at 01:51
#2, Simon … If you were talking about popes, the Catholic Church and the corrupted influences in foreign countries, including Vietnam I, at least would understand.
May He Rest in Peace.
Simon Warriner
August 29, 2018 at 00:55
Lynne, this might just help your comprehension: http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/50136.htm
It helps explain the revulsion some feel for the man.