posted on Oct, 19 2007 @ 02:48 PM
I'd have to say I most agree with the comments of marg6043 and Mr Mxyztplk, while Che is used as an icon for revolution, social statements etc, many
times by people that have no idea what he stood for, this is nonetheless not for any simple reason. Che came from a pretty decent family in Argentina,
and he was on his way to becoming a doctor. Until he took trips all over south America, one particular trip, probably his most famous is portrayed in
the movie Motorcycle Diaries, (one of my favorite movies btw). Anyway in these trips he learned about all the corruption in South American politics,
especially how the CIA would simple take over governments with force and install dictators to protect their interests. In particular what happened in
Bolivia, which he lived through and almost got killed for i believe protesting against the overtake. After this event he really began to realize all
the injustice and how the poor were being cheated and robbed. From here on he flees to Mexico where he joins Castro in the planning of the Cuban
revolution. I think Che was a person with courage, who left everything behind, his safe career, his family, his country, to fight for something he
believed in. And i think at this time guerrilla rebellion was the only way to get something done. (Maybe not, but the most effective i think) I have
never heard of Che torturing people, and that might be because i have not read or seen too much material on the guy, but if its true i do condone him
for that. I also want to point out that Che was a huge enemy of the CIA, so I think we must double check our info we got from US sources etc, because
he was an enemy to the US's capitalist interests. Well that so far is my take on this, i welcome any other opinions and info that will help me
understand this better, as I can change my mind with every other post sometimes, lol.
[edit on 19-10-2007 by luis9343]