Reply #11: countries that STOPPED BEING 'BANANA REPUBLICS' have gone after former dictators for their crimes

[many a good man]

That's the most salient point, imho. Thank you PP.

Republicans here ought to be called Banana Republicans.

It has of course been countries that STOPPED BEING 'BANANA REPUBLICS' that have gone after former dictators for their crimes of torturing, murdering and 'disappearing' LEFTISTS. Brazil, Argentina, Chile and others have climbed out of the living hells created by the U.S. government in collusion with local fascist elites, which have ripped the fabric of Latin American democracy and society for decades. It is when they strengthen their democracies--with long hard work on democratic institutions, like transparent vote counting, and often at great personal sacrifice and danger--that they are able to put fascist dictators on trial for their crimes. And that is where we need to go.