The last time they tried a Civil war they failed, and destroyed their own economies in the process. That time, they had some of the best generals available. This time they have Boebert and Trump to lead them,
Lee almost took it too, he didn’t want to secede but he felt like he was betraying his fellow statesmen in Virginia. People forget that before the civil war people didn’t think of themselves as Americans, they thought of themselves as citizens of whatever state they were from.
From what I’ve read, before the War people said “…the United States are…” and after they changed it to “…the United States IS…”
Also, I like the stories that the British had agents who privately encouraged the South to fight the North in order to keep America weak. Putin didn’t invent anything new
On the contrary, I think your comment is a bit of a stretch in the other direction. Leaving variances in talent among individuals aside, the officers on both sides were broadly comparable because they had all gone through the same West Point training and were colleagues in the same chain of command, with the same strategy and doctrine, until the Southern ones turned traitor.
The U.S. government has a professional army. They have nothing. And when the vast majority of the country lives paycheck-to-paycheck, you’re not going to get a lot of (male, obviously, 'cause ladies is too fragile) bodies on the front lines when people can barely feed their kids on two incomes. Not without a draft. Good luck with that, Texas.
I dont think you know about the rednecks in Texas. They all have guns and have played Call of Duty. That makes them enough of a trained militia in their eyes to make a go at it.
It’s not about what they believe they’re capable of, it’s about what they can actually afford to do. If you have two kids and a house you’re just barely able to afford and are in a large amount of debt despite both adults in the household working full time jobs, you’re not likely going to let your kids starve in order to fight a war of secession.
The last time they tried a Civil war they failed, and destroyed their own economies in the process. That time, they had some of the best generals available. This time they have Boebert and Trump to lead them,
“Best generals available” might be a bit of a stretch. That’s a bit of the Lost Cause mythology still wrattling about the internet.
https://history.info/did-you-know/general-lee-offered-command-union-army/
Lincoln offered Lee command of the Union Army.
Lee almost took it too, he didn’t want to secede but he felt like he was betraying his fellow statesmen in Virginia. People forget that before the civil war people didn’t think of themselves as Americans, they thought of themselves as citizens of whatever state they were from.
From what I’ve read, before the War people said “…the United States are…” and after they changed it to “…the United States IS…”
Also, I like the stories that the British had agents who privately encouraged the South to fight the North in order to keep America weak. Putin didn’t invent anything new
From what you’ve read in… the script of National Treasure?
On the contrary, I think your comment is a bit of a stretch in the other direction. Leaving variances in talent among individuals aside, the officers on both sides were broadly comparable because they had all gone through the same West Point training and were colleagues in the same chain of command, with the same strategy and doctrine, until the Southern ones turned traitor.
I love “wrattling”. kind of a wrestling-meets-defective-machinery.
When the upper threshold for greatness available to you is a 3/10, a 2.5 looks pretty good.
The U.S. government has a professional army. They have nothing. And when the vast majority of the country lives paycheck-to-paycheck, you’re not going to get a lot of (male, obviously, 'cause ladies is too fragile) bodies on the front lines when people can barely feed their kids on two incomes. Not without a draft. Good luck with that, Texas.
I dont think you know about the rednecks in Texas. They all have guns and have played Call of Duty. That makes them enough of a trained militia in their eyes to make a go at it.
It’s not about what they believe they’re capable of, it’s about what they can actually afford to do. If you have two kids and a house you’re just barely able to afford and are in a large amount of debt despite both adults in the household working full time jobs, you’re not likely going to let your kids starve in order to fight a war of secession.
Yeah, sure, but you see, it’s all THE LIBRULS’ FAULT, so you basically MUST go to war to show 'em.
Punish the enemy for all the things I blame them for
???
Profit!
The ??? is “take their money and kill them”
See: Holocaust
Presumably they’d be expecting a bunch of folks in the US military with roots in Texas to defect and join them.
It will be defecrors from almost every unit, svery state. And i feel it would be a big percentage.
Why?