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Originally Posted by Boreas
The truth is that Che was a great and charismatic revolutionary fighter but far too nuts to work in the government. Basically, Fidel and Raoul knew early on that they needed to get rid of him but he was too popular to purge. The solution they hit on was to give him tasks at which he would both chafe and fail, then convince him to leave Cuba and spread the revolution to other parts of the world.
So, the Cuban government came out the winners. They got rid of a seriously loose cannon (who also happened to smell very bad), spread the fame of the Cuban revolution around the world and, with his eventual death, had a martyr around which build the cult of Che.
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The history lesson was unnecessary, nor does it answer the question. The defacto leader of the free world allowing himself to be photo op'ed under the likeness of the blood thirsty poster child for communism really doesn't strike you as a bit tone deaf, huh?