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Stanchetalarooni (838 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-17-07 10:58 AM Original message |
Didn't Custer do 'the surge' back in 1876? |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-17-07 11:00 AM Response to Original message |
1. thing is . . . |
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Turtlebah (130 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-17-07 11:01 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Custer was also crazy |
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Stanchetalarooni (838 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-17-07 11:03 AM Response to Original message |
3. Who ordered that 'surge' back then? |
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tanyev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-17-07 11:05 AM Response to Original message |
4. And look how well that worked out. |
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SteppingRazor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-17-07 11:06 AM Response to Original message |
5. Actually, in the Sioux War ... |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-17-07 11:10 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. General George Custer wrote, in 1874: |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-17-07 01:07 PM Response to Reply #7 |
22. "Crazy Horse and Custer: |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-17-07 01:39 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. I'm sure he had allies. |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-17-07 11:10 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Exactly... |
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CatWoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-17-07 12:57 PM Response to Reply #8 |
21. It was the Indians' last stand |
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CrazyOrangeCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-17-07 11:16 AM Response to Reply #5 |
10. There really are so many parallels to Vietnam. |
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Stanchetalarooni (838 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-17-07 11:17 AM Response to Reply #5 |
11. Didn't we invade that separate nation state and in effect have its' "leader "assassinated |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-17-07 12:40 PM Response to Reply #11 |
18. Agree -- and native Americans had a big dollop of great farmland |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-17-07 11:32 AM Response to Reply #5 |
13. Custer made the fatal mistake... |
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TX-RAT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-17-07 11:41 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. A little more than that. |
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SteppingRazor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-17-07 11:43 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Personal comparisons between Custer and Bush may be notable... |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-17-07 11:44 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. It was hard to tell if the OP was about the Indian Wars.. |
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Stanchetalarooni (838 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-17-07 11:57 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. I think that Custer was just following orders. |
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sweetheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-17-07 11:09 AM Response to Original message |
6. smallpox blankets |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-17-07 11:11 AM Response to Original message |
9. Yeah but Custer was not only warned about what was to happen... |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-17-07 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
12. And the Romans before that...n/t |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-17-07 12:44 PM Response to Original message |
19. No. Custer's Ego Forced Him To Storm Ahead Of The Main Group Arriving Later, Thereby Getting His |
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itsmesgd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-17-07 12:45 PM Response to Original message |
20. hoka hey! |
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Kickin_Donkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-17-07 01:47 PM Response to Original message |
24. Hitler did the "surge" back in the winter of '44-45, the Ardennes Offensive ... |
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