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George Plimpton, Fidel Castro, Ernest Hemingway and Che Guevera
Standpoint ^ | January 2009 | JAMES SCOTT LINVILLE

Posted on 05/10/2015 4:28:40 PM PDT by Ge0ffrey

"It was right after the revolution," George continued. One afternoon, Hemingway told him, "There's something you should see." The nature of the expedition was a mystery; Hemingway made a shaker of drinks, daiquiris or whatever. They got in the car with a few others and drove some way out of town. They got out, set up chairs and took out the drinks, as if they were going to watch the sunset. Soon, a truck arrived. This, explained George, was what they'd been waiting for. It came, as Hemingway knew, the same time each day. It stopped and some men with guns got out of it. In the back were a couple of dozen others who were tied up. Prisoners.

The men with guns hustled the others out of the back of the truck, and lined them up. Then they shot them. They put the bodies back into the truck. I said to George something to the effect of "Oh my God."

(Excerpt) Read more at standpointmag.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Cuba; Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: castro; che; cheguevera; cuba; ernesthemingway; fidelcastro; georgeplimpton; hemingway; plimpton
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1 posted on 05/10/2015 4:28:40 PM PDT by Ge0ffrey
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To: Ge0ffrey
And they just took it in? Without getting the facts out to the world?

If confirmed, absolutely despicable and beneath contempt!

"I am an American fighting man. I serve in the forces which guard my country and our way of life.
I am prepared to give my life in their defense."

2 posted on 05/10/2015 4:32:50 PM PDT by ConorMacNessa (HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines RVN 1969 - St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in Battle!)
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To: Ge0ffrey

Ping for later.


3 posted on 05/10/2015 4:40:25 PM PDT by Chainmail (A simple rule of life: if you can be blamed, you're responsible.)
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To: Ge0ffrey

Bump


4 posted on 05/10/2015 4:41:41 PM PDT by lowbridge
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“All it takes for evil to triumph is that good men [and women] do nothing.”

- George Bernard Shaw


5 posted on 05/10/2015 4:48:20 PM PDT by canuck_conservative
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To: Ge0ffrey

And what does this say about Hemingway?


6 posted on 05/10/2015 4:53:14 PM PDT by Mr. Peabody
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To: Ge0ffrey

I have been amazed (for about 45 years now), at the number of young people who wear “Che” t-shirts and have “Che” posters on their walls. I have always thought, or known, that these people haven’t even a hint of a clue who this man was. They seem to have some romantic idea of a dashing young revolutionary who was bucking the system, as they thought they were. He was in fact, a cold blooded murderer and an absolute piece of s__t.


7 posted on 05/10/2015 5:02:15 PM PDT by Dartman (Canadian, eh. And proud of it.)
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I have been amazed (for about 45 years now), at the number of young people who wear “Che” t-shirts and have “Che” posters on their walls.

I'm even more amazed at the older people -- like my 65-yr old sis, the social worker -- who have Che posters on their walls.

They should know better. But they don't...because they're leftists.

8 posted on 05/10/2015 5:07:39 PM PDT by okie01
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...

Hemingway revealed as failed KGB spy
Notes from Stalin-era intelligence archives show ‘agent Argo’ as a willing recruit in 1941
http://www.theguardian.com/books/2009/jul/09/hemingway-failed-kgb-spy


9 posted on 05/10/2015 5:08:40 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (What do we want? REGIME CHANGE! When do we want it? NOW!)
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Wasn’t there a picture of a Obama campaign office, the first time around, with a “Che” poster on the wall?


10 posted on 05/10/2015 5:09:07 PM PDT by Dartman (Canadian, eh. And proud of it.)
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I tried to tell a Che supporter what scum he was. The kid told me Chd was afreedom fighter. My rresponse was, yea and freedom won when Che died


11 posted on 05/10/2015 5:09:53 PM PDT by South Dakota
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That quote is from Edmund Burke. Shaw was a despicable Fabian Socialist and supporter of the Soviet Union. Here is a youtube video of his "Justify Your Existance to the Government" video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBZsTf6oLfY

12 posted on 05/10/2015 5:11:59 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For views of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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I'm even more amazed at the older people ...

Yeah, well, we're all older, now. :)

13 posted on 05/10/2015 5:12:29 PM PDT by Dartman (Canadian, eh. And proud of it.)
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To: South Dakota
The kid told me Che was a freedom fighter

Strange, eh? Terrorists are now called things like freedom fighters and insurgents. Wouldn't want to call them what they are.

14 posted on 05/10/2015 5:19:38 PM PDT by Dartman (Canadian, eh. And proud of it.)
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“Frank Sturgis stands on a mass grave of 71 executed Batistianos at San Juan Hill, Jan. 11, 1959”
http://www.latinamericanstudies.org/cuban-rebels/sturgis.jpg

more shots of Frank with Cuban rebels:
http://www.haciendapub.com/sites/default/files/FrankSturgis(2).jpg
http://www.havanatimes.org/sp/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/sturgisincuba-copy.jpg

(and no, he wasn’t one of the bums arrested at Dealey Plaza 11/22/63)


15 posted on 05/10/2015 5:20:57 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (What do we want? REGIME CHANGE! When do we want it? NOW!)
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To: Ge0ffrey

bfl


16 posted on 05/10/2015 5:21:11 PM PDT by gibsosa
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To: Dartman

I made a promise to myself a few years ago.If I see some young adult with a Che shirt,I will stop them and ask if they really know who Che was and how many he murdered.If the answer is yes,they will have a real problem.


17 posted on 05/10/2015 5:39:17 PM PDT by Farmer Dean (stop worrying about what they want to do to you,start thinking about what you want to do to them)
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To: SunkenCiv

I never knew that,sounds like I’ll be having a little book burning here this week.


18 posted on 05/10/2015 5:41:16 PM PDT by Farmer Dean (stop worrying about what they want to do to you,start thinking about what you want to do to them)
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To: Ge0ffrey

See You Later, Alligator by W.F. Buckley may provide some insight into Che Guevara, even though it’s a novel.


19 posted on 05/10/2015 5:53:24 PM PDT by Redbob (W.W.J.B.D.: "What Would Jack Bauer Do?")
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To: okie01

yeah, it is just a shirt they say, until we find out they promote Che’s war and view us with the US flag as traitors.

my question to Che fans is: will you execute me during a communist revolution?


20 posted on 05/10/2015 6:05:07 PM PDT by lavaroise (A well regulated gun being necessary to the state, the rights of the militia shall no)
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