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Not surprised if USA's policy of containment offended many radicalists/socialist/communists. Tactics and strategies used on "containment" may a bit too harsh since they were not thoroughly well planned for long term. The ultimate goal at that time was to stop Soviet expansion by any means.
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Tell that to the 30 000 disappeared here during the puppet government your government set us up in the 70s.
It had more to do with controlling the population and weeding out the smart people. Those were the ones getting caught and systematically eliminated. They weren't just pursuing people who had a leftist affinity, they were pursuing people for
thinking. It was so bad many brilliant people simply escaped the country in what is known as the "brain flee".