Title: Pokerface - The houseband of the Second American Revolution Source:
[None] URL Source:[None] Published:Oct 13, 2006 Author:Pokerface Post Date:2006-10-13 10:25:17 by Lod Keywords:Take, Back, Control Views:332 Comments:16
I like to think that the hosilities just ceased...
It was Robert E. Lee's fault. When the Army of N. Virginia could have gone into the mountains, converted into a guerrilla army and made the occupation and plunder of the free confederacy a monstrously difficult undertaking requiring decades, he chose to surrender at Appomattox instead. In his mind the "honorable discharge" upon the field of battle was the way the war had to be decided.
I guess it was the fault of the whole military tradition of the times. Neither the Vietnamese nor the Iraqis, on the other hand, are burdened with our martial traditions. They know how to run an insurgency.
I guess it was the fault of the whole military tradition of the times. Neither the Vietnamese nor the Iraqis, on the other hand, are burdened with our martial traditions. They know how to run an insurgency.
Excellent point.
But Lee knew how we fought to defeat the British...maybe he was just tired of all the death and destruction on both sides.
But Lee knew how we fought to defeat the British...maybe he was just tired of all the death and destruction on both sides.
Probably, and with justification. I guess the South was soundly defeated. The real confederate mistake was permitting what should have been a nationwide conflict between free people and the oppressive central government to become a regional conflict.