There are a lot of Southerners on Free Republic. You’re not likelly to win much support for a thread celebrating Sherman’s genius.
not just southerners...ex-yankees, thinkers, etc!!!
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Dick.G: AMERICAN!
aka: Gunny G
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I am a native Southerner (waiting for the accusations to fly).
I admire Sherman only in that he determined what needed to be done and then did it—with brutal efficiency—likely ending the war sooner than otherwise.
Patton was cut from the same cloth.
This VDH article is about successful tactics in a war and that the IDF is waging its war against Hamas with true genius.
And yes, it is still possible that this turns into a re-litigating the civil war thread ....
They say Adolph Hitler was very intelligent too. Attributing the IDF tactics to W.T. Sherman is a joke. Sherman’s ethos was the opposite of Israel’s.
As usual, Victor Davis Hanson provides keen insights and a thorough understanding of the subject matter.
Sherman was obviously a military genius. It is true that he destroyed the Southern economy and institutions so violently that it took over a century to recover. However, he did not slaughter the people; for this he is to be commended.
The greatest mistake of the Confederacy is that it did not free the slaves and appeal to the British Empire for deliverance. Secession was legal.
Sherman was a traitor. He was from Louisiana. In fact, he founded LSU. This is why he left the plantations in Louisiana alone.