Robert E. Lee Statue Removed from Capitol Building
BY Herschel Smith
3 years, 4 months ago
It’s been over 150 years since the Confederate States of America were soundly and justly defeated …
Oh go pound sand, jerk. And where’s all the manufacturing capability now? Who has the firearms makers now? Care to try this again?
The subject of this is that they’ve removed a statue of Robert E. Lee. I happen to think he wasn’t that great of a general, and forced his generals to send troops into an open killing field to be slaughtered, in the middle of the afternoon, while artillery was too far away to do any real good.
What he should have done is silently advance in the middle of the night and be prepared to shoot eyeball to eyeball at daybreak, while also sending some of his troops in a pincer move to the rear and enfilade. The North Koreans and Chinese did this, and it caused problems for U.S. troops (given the overwhelming number of Chinese troops).
He was a horrible tactician, and as for strategy, there was no good reason for taking the fight north.
As for the removal of his statue, shame.
On December 21, 2020 at 11:12 pm, George 1 said:
The creature that Barack Obama is married to said that history needs to be changed.
On December 22, 2020 at 4:13 am, Jimmy the Saint said:
First get rid of the Confederates, then get rid of the Founders, then get rid of the rest of the Ypipo. Year Zero, comrades!
On December 22, 2020 at 1:29 pm, Bram said:
Permitting the South to memorialize their war dead and their heroes was part of the deal for reconstructing the union. Appropriate that they are reneging on the deal now that we seem to be on the eve of the next civil war.
On December 22, 2020 at 2:15 pm, Fred said:
Agree about the move to go north.
On December 22, 2020 at 6:50 pm, scott s. said:
Lee was too Va-centric. Somewhat in defense, Davis was considered as a military strategy expert, but experience calls that into doubt (though he had his hands full as the “states-rights” theory at the heart of the CSA meant that the Presidency would be weak). The theory is that Lee was right to only consider his theater of operations, not the big picture. An interesting historical question, which to my knowledge has not been answered, is how Lee came to be army commander after the wounding of Johnston.
As far as positioning for dawn assault, I think that’s good in theory but difficult to pull off without exceptional capability at the corps and division levels. Then, as infantry learned the defensive utility of hasty battlefield fortification, attack by assault became much less inviting.
On December 23, 2020 at 1:06 am, Herschel Smith said:
@scott s.,
Difficult. Yes.
Anything would have been better than what he did. He decimated the armies of the South.
On December 23, 2020 at 2:00 pm, bruce dawson said:
OH for crying out loud……..didn’t any of you read about “sherman’s (the bastard) march to the sea”????, you do not win a war while you are allowing the bad guys to tear up your kitchen. Just how long do you think a war will last while your logistics train is being torn up. Lee’s flaw was waiting too long to invade the north. Think the “big picture”. Your men will live to see another week. ………worm
On December 23, 2020 at 10:12 pm, Herschel Smith said:
@bruce,
The march to the sea didn’t happen before Lee’s decimation of the Southern armies. Lee made his mistakes all by himself, over the objections of his generals, who knew it was an awful idea.