Was Che Guevarra really a ruthless bastard?
156470
In war you have to be no less ruthless then your adversary.  When you are dealing with a dictator who for decades ruled thru terror, force and corruption you have to respond with greated force.  He felt if you wanted to defeat an army you have to kill an army.  What great military leaders weren't ruthless?  Ruthless - Yes.  A bastard - please do some research and form your own opinion.
272288
His biggest crime was to lose and get the bad tag. Had he won the 2nd World War, he would have been given a prize for World Peace. His bigest folly was to open two fronts, similar to the mistake by Napolian. History is always a record edited by the Victors and not necessarily a record of real facts.
1182239
Actually it was '94 and it was a Colombia mafioso that had him killed because he lost millions in gambling because as a result Columbia lost to the US.\n\nNot fair, but it wasn't the Colombian government.
357229
he made the decision on impulse with the greed for power and control. and after that it actually haunted him so for him it wasn't a really well thought out decision which partly led to his own downfall. so nope... not wise.
721210
Absolutely, also a pedofile, some of his wives were under 10 years of age.  One was 8 years old.  He advocated a rein of terror.  Mostly towards women.
97030
He was VERY real and as much of a nightmare, if not worse, that the media made him out to be!  He was violent, killing government officials in Columbia at a whim.  He was on of the, if not the, first major drug king pins in the world.
355823
Yes he was and it was supect that the CIA was importing cocaine to fund the Contas back in his days.
1116589
Is he just "storming" through to make a buck or is is he politically oppressed in his homeland?
608114
I think he had a horrible childhood and became mentally ill towards the end. I mean the control had something to do with it but some of the things this guy did were unspeakable. I can't figure out why the people that did his killings and tortures forced themselves to do it unless they enjoyed it too. I know you do what your leader tells you but I would think all it would have taken was a bunch of people to just blow his a$$ away .
887600
he said speak softly and carry a big stick .. \n\nhe and his "rough riders" were definitely expansionist
986800
Borat said it right! Stalin IS the greatest Emperor of all time, pussies just don't like to admit it because he killed a few million innocent people. He was decisive, bold, energetic, windy, explosive, and not gay. Those adjectives add up to one superb leader! If he were our President today, illegal immigration and terrorism would not be a problem because he would have killed all Spanish and terrorists at birth! Go Stalin Go!
339495
Well he was not a villain... he was carrying out his part in Jesus' Crucifixion, he had to turn Jesus in in order to fulfill the prophecy set forth by Jesus... besides nothing is intrinsically good or evil, it is the manor of usage that makes it that way...
878172
No but Juan CarlosII's(Spain) brother was a hemophilliac.His mother was a granddaughter of Victoria and I think a sister to Alexandra the last tsarina of Russia
887069
No.!!!\nNobody has ever practised Communism the way that Karl Marx visualised, as they say my donkey stays my donkey.!!!\nWhat is yours is mine. what is mine stays mine.\nHypocrites is what they all where, thieves and liars while the people suffered.!!!
406779
No, he was a dictator and a genocidal maniac.
208824
I am happy this is who you mean:  A facinating character:\n\nChe Guevara, Revolutionary \n\nBorn: 14 June 1928 \nBirthplace: Rosario, Argentina \nDied: 9 October 1967 (Shot to death) \nBest Known As: Latin American Marxist revolutionary \nName at birth: Ernesto Guevara de la Serna\nErnest "Che" Guevara worked and studied medicine in various parts of Latin America, teaming up with Fidel Castro in 1959 to force a revolution in Cuba. After the revolution, Guevara was second only to Castro in power. In 1965 he left Cuba and travelled the world, working unsuccessfully toward Marxist/Leninist revolutions in the Congo and Bolivia. Known for his flamboyance and ruthless dedication to revolution, Guevara became an anti-capitalist icon in the 1960s. He was captured in Bolivia by U.S.-backed military forces and executed in 1967.\nIn 1997 his remains were discovered in Bolivia and moved to a mausoleum in Cuba.
1119856
Only if he was a lawbreaker - it was considered the harshest sentence in the book. \n\nCheers!