March 07, 2008
Guerrillas--real and comically bogus
This Raul Reyes who just got whacked in Ecuador was a leader of FARC-- who have fought for 40 years, control (tragically) a good portion of Colombia, and have recruited 10,000 fighters (narco/terrorist-murderers- kidnappers.)
Ernesto "Che" Guevara. never fought a guerrilla campaign, recruited fewer than 30 fighters in Bolivia, controlled no territory, wandered around lost for half a year, utterly lost and apparently unable to read a compass--then was captured and his force wiped out at their first genuine firefight.
So who get a major Hollywood epic title "Guerrilla!" !!? (due out late this year)
There's nothing like having Fidel Castro as a publicity agent--with one drawback: he'll only crank up the "Star-Making Machinery" (as Joni Mitchell sang) after having sent you to "sleep with the fishes."
(Please don't misconstrue this to suggest I sympathize with the mass-murdering FARC. Just an observation.)
Posted by Humberto at March 7, 2008 02:47 PM
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at March 7, 2008 03:14 PM
El jefe guerrillero asesinado Ivan Rios fue asesinado por su guardaespalda personal , trajo consigo la manoderecha, el pasaporte , la computadora como prueba de vida y se le entrego esto a las autoridades colombianas
Posted by: Abajofidel at March 7, 2008 03:56 PM
Of course, Humberto, Raul Reyes didn't take as nice a photograph as Guevara.
Posted by: Henry "Conductor" Gomez at March 7, 2008 05:10 PM
I disagree, Henry. The photos of Raul Reyes have more detail than those of Che Guevara. Check out Reyes's left eye and right foot:
http://www.latinamericanstudies.org/raul-reyes.htm
Posted by: delacova at March 7, 2008 05:24 PM
I love that he pissed himself.
Posted by: Henry "Conductor" Gomez at March 8, 2008 10:29 AM
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