A Pinochet Needed

The Wall Street Journal has an editorial about Egypt which reaches an interesting and controversial conclusion:

Egyptians would be lucky if their new ruling generals turn out to be in the mold of Chile's Augusto Pinochet, who took power amid chaos but hired free-market reformers and midwifed a transition to democracy.

The author, probably Paul Gigot who edits the Op-Ed pages, takes a risk. Saying positive things about General Pinochet is so very not politically correct in the mainstream media.