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Re: My opinion on Patrice Lumumba, Che, Cuba and a white boy's reaction
Posted by Marcello (Guest) - Tuesday, June 19 2012, 5:11:04 (UTC)
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Thanks, Jeffery.. I actually ended up agreeing with him on something he posted elsewhere, it was a quote by Saul Alinsky, "behind every tyrant there are useful idiots" from Alinsky's "Rules for Radicals". The truth is, I read Che's "Bolivian Diary" 20 years ago and disliked him for being so blinded by what they achieved in Cuba and trying to import it to Latin America, when Cuba itself should have been his chief focus.

If I remember correctly, there were entries in which he wrote, for example, "Chombo died today.. he drowned in the river.." or so and so "had to be executed because he fell asleep on guard duty".. it gave me an impression of a detached, cold-blooded killer.. and these were companeros from Cuba who were getting killed because of his stupid tactical errors, or for disciplinary actions.

He alienated himself from the Bolivian Communist Party, and had no solidarity with the factions in the cities, and the peasants whom he wanted to recruit were given land by Barrientos, or were themselves in the Bolivian armed forces, trained by US Rangers to find Che and kill him -- which is what exactly happened. There was also the Cuban CIA agent, Felix Rodriguez, I think, who was there to identify him when was captured and murdered.

Even recently, a Bolivian campesina who had Che and Jesus' pictures next to eachother was asked if she knew that Che was an athiest, and she was dumbfounded and shocked.

Anyway, it was nice work-out of mind-boxing. As a gentleman hoodlum, I'll call it his win.



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