[yarddog]

Neither Pinochet nor Franco belong on that list. Julius Caesar should probably be on it.

[Idaho_Cowboy]

Neither Pinochet nor Franco belong on that list. Julius Caesar should probably be on it.

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Well this is the liberal media, they snuck them in to keep it from being a list of 100% Monarchist, Communist, and Socialists.
Saddam Husein and Kim Jong Mentally Ill would have fit the list better.

[Lucy Hamilton]

I agree, Pinochet and Franco shouldn’t be on it.

I personally think that Augusto Pinochet especially was a really good President.

[laplata]

Neither Pinochet nor Franco belong on that list.

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I agree.

We need a Pinochet here. Temporarily, of course. IMO

[Popman]

——Neither Pinochet nor Franco belong on that list. ——

Funny, I was thinking the exact thought...

[Chaguito]

Agree, especially on Pinochet. Not remotely in the class of the most ruthless. Very low body count.

[pierrem15]

Neither Pinochet nor Franco belong on that list. Julius Caesar should probably be on it.

Ditto. Franco in particular had to deal with truly rabid Bolsheviks who murdered their opponents and clergy with gusto. Pinochet just got rid of his commies before they got rid of him.

Caesar's conquest of Gaul probably killed at least 200K and may have enslaved hundreds of thousands more. Although his actions would not have been understood as particularly ruthless by the standards of the time.