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In praise of Thatcher and Andreotti
Thatcher and Andreotti, eh? If only there were a hell for them to rot in. Still, tradition asks us not to speak ill of the dead, so let’s see what we can say about those two that is positive.
Thatcher deserves a statue in Buenos Aires. It was arguably her insistence on fighting a war over a few rocks in the Atlantic, no matter how heavy the cost in lives and ever since then in money, that led to the collapse of the fascist regime in Argentina and the advent of democratic freedoms there.
Andreotti, for his part, was the first major Italian politician to advocate “debt forgiveness” for poor countries instead of insisting that they sacrifice their children to placate the anxiety of Western bankers. He was regarded as going ga-ga. Now, of course, Italians, and other Westerners, would love “debt forgiveness” to be applied to themselves.
Thatcher deserves a statue in Buenos Aires. It was arguably her insistence on fighting a war over a few rocks in the Atlantic, no matter how heavy the cost in lives and ever since then in money, that led to the collapse of the fascist regime in Argentina and the advent of democratic freedoms there.
Andreotti, for his part, was the first major Italian politician to advocate “debt forgiveness” for poor countries instead of insisting that they sacrifice their children to placate the anxiety of Western bankers. He was regarded as going ga-ga. Now, of course, Italians, and other Westerners, would love “debt forgiveness” to be applied to themselves.
