Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-1672596-20130326171333/@comment-1504072-20130905140712

Weedle McHairybug wrote: Sigh, the United States was not imperialist during the Cold War. If we were, Nicaragua, France, GB, West Germany, Spain and all those countries we were allied to (ie, Western Europe) or otherwise neutral to (any of the Central and Southern American countries among others) would have our own forces in that country and more importantly, they'd be singing our National Anthem instead of their national anthem as well as speaking our primary language instead of their own, heck, even forgetting their own history by that point (You know, like how the Roman Empire or the British Empire handled things, and certainly how the so-called anti-imperialistic Soviet Union handled things). That is taking a very simplistic attitude of what "imperialism" is, especially in the modern sense; the empires of old are a very different beast. America (capitalism) and the USSR (communism) both pushed their ideologies on other countries via underhanded tactics during the Cold War. It's about exerting control and increasing influence, not physically occupying land.

Weedle McHairybug wrote: Its not even close to the same as Big Boss, who at least did actually try to stop the Patriots as well as Communism. Big Boss tried to replace the Patriots with Outer Heaven. Did everyone just forget about Zanzibarland's nuclear terrorism and invasion of neighboring countries? Didn't Che say he'd use nukes if he had them? The hero worship of "terrorist" leader Big Boss since MGS3/4 mirrors that of Che. The parallels seem quite obvious.

Anyway, this topic has been answered. Kaz and MSF are guerrilla fighters in the same vein as Che. That's it. They fight in similar circumstances and for similar reasons, but that does not mean they share the same objectives or hold the same personal viewpoints, at least not that has been seen in Peace Walker. Maybe Kaz too becomes a "monster" when he succumbs to his desire for revenge in The Phantom Pain, but he certainly didn't admire Che for these qualities, and there's no evidence to suggest otherwise.