https://freerepublic.com/tag/19590104/ en-us Sat, 5 Jan 2019 16:18:14 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3717531/posts “One Thousand Killed in 5 days of Fierce Street Fighting!” read a New York Times headline on Jan 4, 1959. The fake news headline dealt with the (utterly bogus) “battle” of Santa Clara in central Cuba where Ernesto “Che” Guevara earned much of his enduring (and totally bogus) martial fame. “Commander Che Guevara appealed to Batista troops for a truce to clear the streets of casualties,” continues the breathless The New York Times article. “Guevara turned the tide in this bloody battle and whipped a Batista force of 3,000 men!”A year later, Che’s own diaries revealed that his forces (which actually numbered... Townhall.com https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3717531/posts#comment Sat, 5 Jan 2019 16:18:14 GMT