Hitchens presents a rather straightforward argument that establishes two seemingly undeniable propositions: on at least one occasion, Henry K. conspired to commit murder, and that on numerous other occasions, Henry K. was the primary force behind certain acts that could quite plausibly be considered war crimes. The case for Henry K. as murder conspirator is what Hitchens calls a "lay-down" case, i.e., one that stands out for its clear facts and clear law. The murder victim is General Rene Schneider, who was the Commander in Chief of the Chilean Army, whom Hitchens misidentifies as the Chilean "Chief of Staff."; According to Hitchens (and the 09 September, 1970 minutes of the "40" Committee, the Kissinger chaired secret panel that oversaw U.S. covert operations), the Chilean military had a strong tradition of neutrality in political affairs, a rarity on the South American continent. General Schneider was known as an officer committed to upholding the Chilean constitution and therefore opposed to the rumored incipient coup against newly elected Socialist President Salvador Allende by a right wing would-be junta of current and former Chilean military officers. Using U.S. Government communications cables from the CIA and documents from the State Department, and White House, Hitchens relates the facts of Kissinger's direct involvement in the direction, planning, financing, and general support by the organs of the U.S. Government in the plot to remove General Schneider.

http://www.zpub.com/un/wanted-hkiss.html

Hank K was in it up to his eyeballs

Back then, the only way to get a populace to accept Neoliberal economic policies. The Chicago Boys have a lot of blood on their hands.

The propaganda wasn't as sophisticated, or maybe prevalent then as it is now.

into violent enforcement and military rule, especially against all the dispossessed cast out without a safety net

a good recent example is St Boris shelling his own Parliament so he could break the Constitution and starve millions: reactors kept almost melting down (we almost got at least one Chernobyl in 2000), playgrounds were stripped for metal to sell, PhDs had to hawk condoms and bonbons in the frost, ambulances took 6 hours to arrive because taxi service was more profitable, and then of course there's krokodil

He'd make a lovely lamppost ornament.