HOW IS IT POSSIBLE THAT A NATION WITH DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS LIKE ARGENTINA COULD PLUNGE INTO A TOTALITARIAN PREDICAMENT DESCRIBED BY TIMERMAN? DO YOU AGREE WITH THE ARGENTINE MILITARY'S ASSESSMENT THAT THEY ARE JUSTIFIED IN GOVERNING THE NATION INSTEAD OF CIVILIAN POLITICIANS? HOW WOULD YOU REACT IF YOU HAD TO FACE A SIMILAR PREDICAMENT LIKE THAT OF TIMERMAN'S? WHAT LESSONS CAN OTHER NATIONS, INCLUDING THE UNITED STATES, LEARN FROM THIS EPISODE IN LATIN AMERICAN HISTORY AND POLITICS?