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2017-07-14 Home Front: Culture Wars

November 22nd, 2017: Darkest Hour

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Posted by badanov 2017-07-14 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 George Washington, at the Siege of Boston, in a January 1776 letter to John Hancock: "I have often thought how much happier I should have been, if, instead of accepting of a command under such circumstances, I had taken my musket on my shoulder and entered the ranks, or, if I could have justified the measure to posterity and my own conscience, had retired to the back country, and lived in a wigwam."

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2017-07-14 01:26|| 2017-07-14 01:26|| Front Page Top

#2 Very great iwartime leader. Completely different circumstances for each war. But if you can identify the situation, you can adapt and win.

Churchill/Britain was on the front line with the call of Europe. But there was the US, Canada, Australia, Russia coming to the rescue. Once assembled, the Axis of evil was matched.

Washington was vastly outnumbered with no hope for rescue for the first few years and also was attacked by American loyalists throughout the colony. If cornered, Washington's small army would have been annihilated. So they had to learn how to escape each battle that they lost, until the British were worn down. And when they escaped they had the wilderness to run to.

Sam Houston against the far superior Santa Anna went through the same thing until. These were truly unique military leaders who knew how to take a small army and defeat a major opposing army.

Posted by Thor Oppressor of the Faith1381 2017-07-14 01:43|| 2017-07-14 01:43|| Front Page Top

#3 So they had to learn how to escape each battle that they lost, until the British were worn down.

From the French.

Posted by Skidmark 2017-07-14 02:15|| 2017-07-14 02:15|| Front Page Top

#4 Thank you Badanov.

Posted by Besoeker 2017-07-14 05:44|| 2017-07-14 05:44|| Front Page Top

#5 From the French

"History is hard."

Posted by Pappy 2017-07-14 08:22|| 2017-07-14 08:22|| Front Page Top

#6 Washington had to do guerrilla tactics until the knockout blow could be landed (and yes, French ships, artillery and men were needed for that). He realized he didn't have to win. He just couldn't lose.

Green in the south, however, perfected this strategy. He said his army resembled a crab. It could scurry quickly in any direction as long as it was away.

He was the man responsible for wearing out Cornwallis' army and forcing them to retire to Yorktown where the fatal blow could be landed.

Posted by DarthVader 2017-07-14 09:10|| 2017-07-14 09:10|| Front Page Top

#7 I'm sure Winston had his second thoughts, too, whether or not they were recorded for posterity. Both leaders were thinking of posterity and their own conscience throughout.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2017-07-14 14:51|| 2017-07-14 14:51|| Front Page Top

#8 I just finished volume 4 of Churchill's The Second World War. Quite the strategist. And logistician. He was planning for the invasion of Europe in 1941. I am looking forward to what he has to say about Monty slogging his way up the east side of Sicily. Probably in the next day or two.

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