I do not know, and you do not know, the “real” Che.

I see little difference possible in him and Mr. Rodriguez, who only regrets not keeping the pipe, who was 27 at the time, and has not grown at all in the years since.

I find it intresting that the USA killed the man, but are able to manage a way to say it was engineered by Castro.

Amazing what a little engineered hate can do after a few years.

It seems that Pres Castro’s doctors did cataract surgery on the soldier who actually shot Che. FOR FREE.

BY THEIR FRUITS YE SHALL KNOW THEM.

Che’s lasting legacy is to reject the inevitability of American Imperialism in South America and look for a different way.Was he perfect.No was he close to perfect. Hell no.But if you look at the leadership of South America today you can see the effect of Che.

Fidel Castro has always preferred dead heroes to living rivals, and Che was no exception. To frame it in American terms, imagine the following:

• Bill Clinton and Al Gore are comrades in arms, or W and Dick Cheney. You decide. In any event…
• Bill and Al have a colossal falling out over the direction of world revolution.
• Al leaves the country with other members of his staff and cabinet. He goes to a desperately poor English-speaking country to foment revolution as an outsider—against ALL the rules that had defined a guerilla struggle. Let’s say that country is Belize.
• the local inhabitants view the Army as a menace, and the presence of the outsider to be an additional threat. When the Army comes and asks “where are the foreigners?” and the villagers point. Now two threats are removed.

You get the drift. Now Che is dead. Fidel can orate for hours, and another hero is added to the pantheon. Thirty years later Che is a profitable franchise.