The government of Argentina was was overthrown in 1976 by the nation’s military. Isabel Perón, who was the widow of former president Juan Perón, was stripped of her power, and the Process of National Reorganization, or the Dirty War, began. This process was sponsored by the United States and assisted by the CIA.
The Dirty War was fought on a number of fronts. The junta dubbed left-wing activists “terrorists” and kidnapped and killed an estimated 30,000 people. “Victims died during torture, were machine-gunned at the edge of enormous pits, or were thrown, drugged, from airplanes into the sea,” explains Marguerite Feitlowitz. “Those individuals came to be known as “the missing,” or desaparecidos.”
The military run government tortured these perceived terrorists so they would give up names and addresses of other people that may form a resistance. Today, torture isn’t exactly necessary as Facebook, and Twitter provide evidence of association with the accused terrorists. Agents of the state are already harassing people that have either self identified as being at the capitol on the day of the riots, or were photographed there.
A retired 30-year Navy chaplain revealed last week that he had been repeatedly harassed as a potential security threat by the TSA while at airports, following a voluntary conversation with the FBI about his peaceful time on the Capitol steps shortly following the January 6 Trump rally.
Others are being disappeared just because they were in the area. The federal government has even been conscripting private corporations. The Bank of America turned over credit card transactions for the area around DC during the timing of the riots.
The bank handed over financial data 211 of its clients who happened to use credit and debit cards for lodging, food and other purchases in Washington in the days before and after the Jan. 6 siege, Fox News’ Tucker Carlson reported.
Just like the Dirty War in Argentina during the 1970s and 80s, people are being swept up because of ideology, not actual criminal behavior. The Portland riots have been allowed to continue for over a year with many of the arrested simply turned back out into the streets with no charges filed. Even the feds who should be able to correct the misdeeds of local DAs are quietly dropping charges against the rioters.
Ideology is also a mitigating factor for those arrested over the riots on January 6th. Several Antifa members were arrested for possessing a weapon in DC but were released with no charges filed. A couple of Trump supporters were caught with weapons in their vehicle and charges are being pressed in their case.
The tests for ideological purity are being conducted throughout the government. The new Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin ordered a military stand down on extremism immediately after taking the oath. During the stand down, senior military leaders were confounded that the junior members did not differentiate the violence conducted by the left in Portland and other cities, from the supposed right violence at the capitol.
Leaders of the military were quick to point out the difference for them:
“Those are very, very tough conversations to have with people because sometimes they’re emotional about the subject,” Colón-López said.
“We cannot confuse a First Amendment grievance because of social injustice organization and some of the criminals that latched on to go ahead and loot, destroy and commit other crimes. There’s two clear, distinct groups right there,” Colón-López said, referring to the difference between peaceful Black Lives Matter protesters and looters who disrupted some of those events.
That is a very fine line to try and make clear when both the riots at the capitol, and BLM riots resulted in violence. It should be noted that it was the riots at the capitol that triggered the stand down on extremism, not the BLM activities.
The politicians on the democratic side of the aisle, with the aid of the press, are painting all Trump supporters as terrorists. This looks to be heading down a very dangerous path. The difference between now and the 1970s is that the party in opposition is able to organize. And for now, we are able to do it in the open, no thanks to Twitter and Facebook who have thrown in with the left.
The Dirty War in Argentina just was conducted by the military against anyone they thought was involved with the left. This looks to be the beginning of the same thing with a minority party in power, conducting operations against the majority.