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Bucky

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2. Haig wanted the US to side w/Argentina against Britain in that war

Reply to bucolic_frolic (Original post)

Tue May 12, 2020, 10:51 AM

May 2020

Not saying Alexander Haig was a Nazi or pro-nazi. As Nixon's chief of staff, he basically saved America from a constitutional crisis when Tricky wanted to fight out impeachment to the buyer end. But Haig was clearly a man who didn't give a damn about human rights in the Western hemisphere.

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'Who's the enemy here?' Revealed, in harrowing detail how Nazi-sympathising Argentine officers beat [View all] bucolic_frolic Apr 2020 OP

Hadn't heard anything about this but a lot of those nazis fled to Argentina after WWll. brush Apr 2020 #1

And a lot of Argentine military leaders are their acolytes Bucky May 2020 #3

Haig wanted the US to side w/Argentina against Britain in that war Bucky May 2020 #2