Biden's Bagram Blunder Surpasses Custer
at Little Big Horn, Lee at Gettysburg
PJ Media,
by
Mark Tapscott
Original Article
Posted By: ladydawgfan,
8/29/2021 3:47:04 AM
Gen. George Custer was in such a hurry to catch Sitting Bull and the Sioux warriors that he ignored orders to wait for reinforcements and instead charged headlong into an attack that ultimately led to his death and that of every one of his men at the Battle of the Little Big Horn.
Gen. Robert E. Lee massed nine Confederate brigades to charge into the center of the Union line in the doomed Pickett’s Charge on the third day at the Battle of Gettysburg.
Lee had too much confidence in his troops, failed to commit enough of them to the action to have a realistic chance of success,
Reply 1 - Posted by:
mathman 8/29/2021 6:39:22 AM (No. 896683)
Nonsense. Biden is the greatest war hero of all time. What previous politician surrendered in order to get good publicity? What previous President made it a point to shed the blood of the U S Military to make himself look good? What past Chief abandoned our allies?
Look at the cred he has at CNN. Look at how he is adored on CBS. Watch them lick his boots on NBC. It was all Trump's fault. Here's the deal. Trump did it all. Biden had no say in any of it. Besides, Supreme Marshall General Vanilli Milley was busy rooting out white supremacy and could not be bothered with military stuff. It took an hour a day just to put on his military decorations. And we know how important it is to appear properly.
History (as written by the Chinese) will portray Biden as a great leader. Why not? He has surrendered to the Chinese Communist already.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
GO3 8/29/2021 7:02:52 AM (No. 896702)
Before you start drawing historical comparisons, it's best to actually read the history. Just one example, Custer did not lose every one of his men in the regiment of 750. Easy to look that up, Mark.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Rama41 8/29/2021 7:17:38 AM (No. 896714)
The only difference is, at Gettysburg, Lee said "It's all my fault".
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It's too bad that unlike Custer, he paid no price for his ridiculous decision.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
homefry 8/29/2021 8:05:30 AM (No. 896763)
3 ways to end the afghanistan debacle, incidentally, the "right war" is what dim-0s called it when it started.
#1....WIN! Impossible to do though without just killing EVERYONE there because just like vietnam, they would not give up.
#2.....DEAL. Which is what Trump did.
#3.....Surrender, LOSE. Which is what quid pro joe did.
AND, even #3 would have been a much better option, done correctly. quid pro joe should have gotten the people out first, then the equipment, and then the soldiers.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
MickTurn 8/29/2021 9:09:21 AM (No. 896839)
Two answers...Ego and Arrogance. Xiden is loaded with both but can't seem to think outside his very tiny box of STUPID!
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
rikkitikki 8/29/2021 9:33:09 AM (No. 896893)
Every major decision by Biden, including the Bagram Bug Out, was done for superficial political optics, not for any substantive policy reason. Consider:
Immigration policy at southern border (he thinks that aiding and abetting millions of Covid-infected illegals to immigrate has good optics, when it is an unmitigated disaster from every other perspective.
Canceling Keystone Pipeline on Day 2 (he thought it was the 'green' thing to do, and now gasoline prices are sky-high).
Spending and inflation (he sees no connection, but the rest of us are feeling their butt-hurt).
Crime wave and BLM/Antifa chaos (he thinks defunding police was smart...without asking the victims of the growing tsunami of crime victims).
Covid19 (he thinks that masks and vaccines actually work, when the science says just the opposite).
Election Fraud (of course he says none happened, but we all know different, and the consequences are catastrophic).
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
Strike3 8/29/2021 9:34:50 AM (No. 896896)
At least Custer and Lee were not cowards, which makes Joe far worse. They were accomplished soldiers while Joe is an insignificant little weasel who did not earn his title and does not deserve the dirt that will be used to bury his cursed carcass in Arlington.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
NorthernDog 8/29/2021 9:46:52 AM (No. 896908)
And there's still time for more treachery. I fear the airport will be overrun with terrorists when US troops leave the gates but have not yet boarded that last plane out of Kabul.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
MDConservative 8/29/2021 9:58:09 AM (No. 896927)
FTA: "Those same air capabilities would also have continued to be available to support the Afghan National Army that absolutely depended upon U.S. air cover to have a fighting chance against the Taliban."
Did the Taliban have close air support or any form of air support/superiority in their advance? Not that I'm aware.
Were they superior in numbers to the US-trained Afghan National Army/security forces? No.
Were they better equipped? No.
Better trained? Better than US trainers accomplished over 20 years? Surely, not.
Can anyone point to any account of the Afghans taking the field to meet the Taliban? Perhaps an Afghan Alamo-like stand in defense anywhere? I can't. although there is an account of a crack Afghan special forces unit wiped out earlier.
Then we ask about such intangibles as leadership and motivation. While the Taliban advanced, the likely outcome of their victory certainly well-understood by the residents of Kabul and elsewhere, the freedom-loving national forces stacked arms. The rug merchant government stuffed suitcases with cash and flew off. Hardly a time when uncommon valor was a common virtue.
Can anyone be sure that we were not betrayed by our "allies"?
None of this is to excuse Biden and our military for their incompetence. It is to suggest there are many wheels turning in this debacle. Some we would prefer to ignore after twenty years of "progress", 3000 military deaths, $6.7 TRILLION...some great bi-partisan investment in building a nation and Afghan freedom.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
red1066 8/29/2021 10:04:27 AM (No. 896934)
Lee's decision to send troops into the center of the Union lines was to take place at the same time an attack on the Union right flank (Culp's Hill) was to take place. Lee had attacked the Union on it's left flank (Little Round Top) and almost won on the second day. He felt a combined attack of the Union Right flank and the center of the Union line would work. Unfortunately for Lee, because of the speed of communication in those days, Lee's plans went down the tubes, when the attack on the Union right flank went off earlier than expected and then failed, and the now famous Pickett's Charge was delayed again because of communication, and the reluctance of Longstreet to begin an attack he thought would fail. That delay allowed the Union to assemble their men and cannons for the attack at the center of the Union line. Hence the failure of Pickett's Charge.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
LadyHen 8/29/2021 10:33:10 AM (No. 896967)
Those men had to watch the men under their command die, had to watch them suffer. Those men suffered immediate repercussions. Dementia Joe is too busy napping, eating ice cream, and sniffing little girls.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
bigfatslob 8/29/2021 11:43:42 AM (No. 897029)
Custer lost part of the command Reno and Benteen survived until re-enforcements arrived to view the carnage at last stand hill. At least Custer didn't leave wagon loads of Winchester repeating rifles and ammunition for the hostiles like Miley did for the seventh century cavemen, Taliban. Pizza chest Miley and the AA hire the angry black man Austin just plain surrendered. Blinkin got to fly his LGBTQ flag over the embassy for a short time to show the Taliban how diverse and woke the U.S. is. These fruit salad generals and potted plant CIC blundered badly we won't recover from this ever this is bad history being made.
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It was not a blunder. It had exactly the intended results, the U.S. was irreparably weakened and her enemies strengthened. I suppose it was a blunder in some ways as it had more negative domestic political reactions than they anticipated, but we have yet to see if there will be any political consequences to those reactions.
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