“I don’t know what axe you have to grind here with this conspiracy theory, but it just doesn’t hold water.”
Conspiracy theory ? Oh, well, that’s how you react when you don’t have evidence to counterattack?
Custer fought for his flag, so did his men. Where was the support ?
I wrote a book on the subject. And let your sarcasm out of the debate. I am not Frenchie and I am not impressed by this kind of low attack.
Have you read the Reno Court of Inquiry ? of course, no.
Have you read what US general in chief said? Of course, no.
So what? Is that what you got ? Please...
Al Gore wrote a book too
He’s an idiot
Nothing on this planet to keep idiots from writing books.
and if you wrote a book on it slick, what’s the name of the book. I’ll go read and check out your credentials.
I’ve read the court of inquiry several times. That Court was designed to lay blame at the feet of a junior commander. The man who should have been charged (if any) was the man laying dead on that hillside.
HE was the boneheaded SOB who was in charge. Not Reno.
You keep spouting off that you have facts.
Ok where are they?
I haven’t seen one yet.
Where’s your Book? What evidence do YOU have to support this insistance that Reno and Benteen acted improperly?
Those 2 commanders, altho not the most stalwart of Military Commanders, were able to preserve their commands. They saved what men they could.
The blame for that disaster lies squarely at the feet of the jackass in command. CUSTER!
There is a simple yet constant FACT about Military strategy.
NEVER split your forces in the face of the enemy without knowing their true disposition.
Great Commanders have in the past been able to do this, but, they did it with FULL knowledge of where there enemy was, what their enemy was doing and what that enemy was likely to do.
A classic example of this is the battle of Chancellorsville. Lee and Jackson split their forces in the face of an overwhelming Union Army. They CRUSHED the Union Right flank as a result.
But that’s the difference between 2 Great commanders and a foot sniffing dog like Custer.
I’ll say it again.
Custer was a pompous jackass. He was out for himself and his own glory. He lead those men into battle and got them slaughtered.
It was his fault and his fault alone.