Pinochet’s methods were condemned by the left as expected. Was it necessary? Unfortunately, yes it was.
Pinochet used the left’s own methods against them. Think Alinsky on steroids. Turnabout IS fair play, and when your opponent does everything possible to kill you and everything you hold dear, it’s perfectly right to kill them back.
There WAS no law after Allende, and Pinochet is the ONLY “strongman” ever to step aside voluntarily after restoring order.
Not one leftist regime has voluntarily gone quietly into that dark night. Not one.