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To: Lane3 who wrote (51404)	3/3/2008 9:11:41 AM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541561

I knew one person, in law school (a former Peace Corps volunteer) who had a poster of Che up in her dorm. It never occurred to me to ask if she thought he was a "good guy"- actually, come to think of it, since she roomed with some guys from Latin America, it might not even have been her poster.

To: Lane3 who wrote (51404)	3/3/2008 10:34:57 AM
From: Travis_Bickle	Respond to of 541561

At the time many in the U.S. thought they were the good guys, some Americans went over to help with the sugar harvest. "1969 January 2: The Cuban government announces sugar rationing. July 26: In the latest of Castro's economic schemes, all of Cuba is mobilized and resources diverted to a single goal of producing ten million tons of sugar in the next harvest. December: A group of volunteer workers from the U.S. arrives to work on the sugar harvest. Other volunteers come from Korea, Vietnam, and the Eastern block countries." pbs.org Go to a site like Daily Kos and when Cuba comes up, Che and Fidel aren't necessarily "good guys," but Cuban-Americans are without question "bad guys."

To: Lane3 who wrote (51404)	3/3/2008 11:51:37 AM
From: TimF	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 541561

Certain elements on the relatively far left in the US thought,they where the good guys. Much more common than that belief was the thought that why they were not exactly good, they helped make Cuba a better place than it would have otherwise been, because they have universal health care, etc. I still probably wouldn't call this idea common, but it isn't rare or limited to the far left in the US. And then I imagine some aren't as much pro Castro or Che, as much as they are any conservative/Republican, and prone to celebrate anything that conservatives tend to denounce. To be fair its not only the left that supports dictators. Many on the right think Pinochet was good for Chile. I think they have a stronger argument than those who say the same thing about Castro, but Pinochet's regime did murder over 2000 people and detain and abuse tens of thousands.