C’mon now. Sitting Bull was not a terrorist. Let’s not diminish the word so quickly. Besides, you have to admit Custer had it coming.
Pet peeve of mine: wasn’t Custer a colonel when he was killed? Or a Lt. Col.?
Sitting bull was a terrorist. You haven't read your history on the Indians yet, or have the wrong books. I was once a collector of antiquarian books, and you just cannot find better history than when reading the books of the actual times, when "history" was current events. These Indians were trecherous people, with no guiding principles to reign in their human instincts. And they were heartless butchers, routinely slaughtering women and children, asking for everything they recieved in return. They were not one iota different than the Roman Empire barbarians or the women and baby sacrificing Aztecs, both of whom were too base a people to build a real civilization.
Correct; Sitting Bull was a freedom fighter, not a terrorist. The American Indians were mistreated horribly (a few deservedly, but most not so) for a lot of years. Remember that when we thought that Obama’s minions might become a physical threat to us (conservatives in general), we were prepared to fight them. And fighting “fair” only gets you killed quicker!
I could not agree more. Terrorist my a$$!
Calling Sitting Bull a terrorist is analogous to calling the little tin god an outstanding Christian and excellent president.
Both statements have equal levels of truth in them.
Moreover, Custer - at least from a military viewpoint - blew this one for sure. It didn't help the cause that there was a great deal of mistrust and dissention in the chain of command, bad intelligence, overconfidence, and lousy scouting either. But since he was the overall commander, the fault and the loss lies with him and him alone.