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25th Anniversary of Martial Law in Poland
December 13, 1981. General Wojciech Jaruzelski declared Poland (then still part of the Warsaw Pact) under martial law. The Communist secret service arrested hundreds of Poles. Many died for a free Poland. 25 years later, things have changed slowly. Though many ex-members of the Communist Party, secret service and collaborators still walk freely and some…
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Viva Pinochet!
Yesterday General Augusto Pinochet died at the age of 91. (BBC article) I never met the man, nor am I any way connected to Chile. Yet I admire his resolve and daring. He stood up to Communism and the Soviet Russian empire. He did this at a time, when no one except the superpowers dared…