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I'm pretty sure there are other revolutionaries who could have been lauded by Big Boss and Kaz. Heck, George Washington would have been a good example, as he did bring about a revolution against overwhelming opposition (The British were considered at the time to be virtually unbeatable, and even some American colonists had doubts that they would actually succeed). It would have also been an added bonus of being a bit of a Continuity Nod/Foreshadowing of Solidus Snake, seeing how that guy not only attempted to emulate Big Boss in both looks and persona, he even tried to reclaim America in a similar manner to George Washington. Heck, unlike Che who simply overthrew the occupying Government due to lack of morale among the Cubans, Washington actually founded a country that never existed prior when liberating it, making Big Boss more similar to him in that respect. And if one is to look for controversy, there's also MLK or possibly even Ghandi. I've seen some articles online that really have some negative doubts on Ghandi. Besides, Big Boss's character, even in Peace Walker, was absolutely nothing like Che Guevara, as Che Guevara has been shown to be especially psychopathic, something he admits himself in his Motorcycle diaries, and that's not getting from the testimonies of most of the Cubans who fled Cuba after he and Castro took power. I studied Che extensively after I learned some evidence that he was not even nearly as good a man as Peace Walker implied. Heck, Che was even disappointed that he didn't have a nuclear war, as evidenced by his sentiments in the Daily Worker after the Cuban Missile Crisis. Most of the stuff we think we know about him, the flowery stuff that Peace Walker reverbates, was actually the result of misinformation by Castro. You can ask Ion Mihai Pacepa, the highest-level KGB member to ever defect to the United States, if you don't believe me. He even had an article detailing this here: http://archive.frontpagemag.com/readArticle.aspx?ARTID=33786. And Pacepa, seeing how he was a former KGB agent, one of the high-ranking members, in fact, would most certainly have known whether Che was truly a terrorist or a good guy. Probably not going to change your mind, but at least this should give you some insight as to which belief about Che is true. Big Boss's actions showed he was absolutely nothing like Che. Had he been like Che, for example, he probably would have enthusiastically encouraged Paz to launch a nuke at the East Coast, not risk his life to stop her.

The Che Guevara stuff can remain with the FSLN, though, as at least they have an understandable reason for supporting him (they were themselves undergoing a Marxist Revolution), but Big Boss and Kaz being fanboys of the character really doesn't make much sense.