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False idols.(Letter to the Editor)
A few words concerning Jay Nordlinger's excellent piece on "Che [Guevara] chic" (Dec. 31): Communist icons inevitably are found out. We need to look no further than the deaths of some 5,000 Polish officers, murdered by Communist firing squads in the Katyn Forest. The Kremlin laid the blame for this act on the Nazis, and succeeded in convincing nearly the entire world.
When those of us who knew better voiced the truth, no one listened. We, and the 5,000 murdered, would have to wait until the collapse of the Soviet Union, when the Kremlin finally admitted blame for the atrocity.
It is the same with Che Guevara. I knew Che Guevara. He was an assassin, unscrupulous to the core. Many died at his hands, and many more died on his orders. His legend is pure fiction, masterfully manipulated by his fellow Communists and the nostalgic Left. Add to ...
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Source: HighBeam Research, False idols.(Letter to the Editor)