July 22, 2005

I'm from the Revolution and I am here to help you.


The ONLY Che t-shirt worth having. Buy it here.

From Zacht Ei.

Face it, muchachos and muchachiquitas. Che was a murderous prick[1] who got only a fraction of what he deserved.

Here's an account of one happy, happy day in world history:

October 8, 1967:

1:30 p.m.: Che’s final battle commences in Quebrada del Yuro. Simon Cuba (Willy) Sarabia, a Bolivian miner, leads the rebel group. Che is behind him and is shot in the leg several times. Sarabia picks up Che and tries to carry him away from the line of fire. The firing starts again and Che’s beret is knocked off. Sarabia sits Che on the ground so he can return the fire. Encircled at less than ten yards distance, the Rangers concentrate their fire on him, riddling him with bullets. Che attempts to keep firing, but cannot keep his gun up with only one arm. He is hit again on his right leg, his gun is knocked out of his hand and his right forearm is pierced. As soldiers approach Che he shouts, "Do not shoot! I am Che Guevara and worth more to you alive than dead." The battle ends at approximately 3:30 p.m. Che is taken prisoner. (Rojo, 219; James, 14)
[Emphasis added.][2]

Che Guevara problem: SOLVED.

The 28-year-old Bolivian Army captain, Prado Salmon, who hunted Guevara down retired from the Army a major general and was Bolivia's ambassador to the United Kingdom and Mexico. The captain's unit was U.S.-trained.[3]

Notes
[1] "We will make our hearts cruel, hard, and immovable . . . we will not quiver at the sight of a sea of enemy blood. Without mercy, without sparing, we will kill our enemies in scores of thousands; let them drown themselves in their own blood! Let there be floods of the blood of the bourgeois – more blood, as much as possible." "Che Guevara: Assassin and Bumbler." By Humberto Fontova, News Max, 2/23/04 [emphasis added].

This is eversoslightly inconsistent with his saying that "the true revolutionary is guided by a great feeling of love." Books and Writers. The Colonel will immediately announce when he has resolved this inconsistency. (Note how Dr. Guevara, revolutionary lovebug, wanted his life to be spared when it looked like "nightie night" for him.)
[2] The Death of Che Guevara: Declassified, by Peter Kornbluh, National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 5.
[3] "Che I met was no hero, says his captor." By Anne Hyland, The Scotsman, 8/15/04.

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