“The Chile he left was the most stable and economically prosperous (no roller coaster ride, boom and bust, economy like Argentina, Brazil, or Venezuela) country south of the Rio Grande.”
I guess none of that matters to the Jimmy Carter types here who DEMAND PERFECTION in Third World leaders, else they throw them overboard to the Soviets to scoop up.
(and I always thought that the Jimmy Carter types were only on the left...silly me)