We (The USA) are incredibly guilty of a lot of poor actions and choices in South America. Including active funding & training of multiple regime leaders over decades.

It's hard to choose a good path if a major world power is making sure all the good ones get shut down.

agree fully - that is why it is crucial that we have checks and balances on uniformed services, public process and the ability to speak out here. There were long and serious protests about the School of the Americas by US citizens in public. Here in this international discussion, it is not complete or wholly accurate IMHO to say "the USA did it" without knowing some context.

> it is not complete or wholly accurate IMHO to say "the USA did it" without knowing some context

But this isn't what I said. I definitely didn't say "the USA did it". What I said was:

> always remember our militaries in Latin America were trained in these tactics by the US government

Which is both fair and accurate. The US was definitely involved one way or the other in most Latin American dictatorships of that era, enabling atrocities under the guise of fighting communism and insurgencies in their "back yard".

>> We (The USA) are incredibly guilty of a lot of poor actions and choices in South America.

> agree fully

.. The US was definitely involved one way ..

how are we not in agreement now?

So you basically understand the US is guilty, but somehow assumed I was saying the people on Latin America who used this training to murder their own people are innocent?

Of course it requires two things: murderers and those willing to train and support them.

PS: "nice try" my ass. This piece of history I'm telling you is widely acknowledged, this is not some kind of conspiracy theory.

I apologize if I offended you or others, it is an upsetting chapter in history yes.

Apology accepted.

To be clear: I do consider our dictators and murderers as worse people than those who trained them in the School of the Americas. Because, like you rightly put it, "who chooses this path?".