Posted on 12/07/2011 6:52:13 AM PST by Reaganite Republican
Pershing was a General in the US Army, not the Marines
Bullets and bacon grease - a healthy combination, sadly lacking in today’s PC world.
Rest assured, though, MY bullets will glisten with grease when The War comes...
You know that’s what I started with, and was corrected (wrongly)... thx
Can only correct it at my site, tho
Coincidentally, I’ve just finished reading ‘The Moro War’ by James R. Arnold.
The war against the muslim moros was fought from 1903-1913 and was a protracted, bloody war that pit carbines, pistols and cannons against knives and blunderbusses. This didn’t make it any easier as the moros fought savagely.
Pershing didn’t spend much time in moroland; rather, Leonard Wood was the domineering American figure in that war fought to achieve the complete subjugation of the multitudinous muslim princes. Many thousands of moros were killed in that ten year war which would have ended much earlier had the enemy been one other than the moro.
It was a most interesting chapter in the history of the U. S. Army, especially, and the other forces of America in a more minor role.
I think I need to read that, ty for sharing
They are still a problem down there... no?
Was anything written about the pig incident in the book you read?
Was anything written about the pig incident in the book you read?
A Missouri boy...
According to my dad, who was a pistol instructor in the army, that war was when they decided the old 38 revolvers weren’t good enough and went to a 45ACP. The Moros supposedly were taking a drug to make them aggressive, tireless, strong, and impervious to pain. 38s had no effect.
You can ask the admin moderator here to correct it.
I’m reminded of how after we dispatched Osama bin Laden....we gave him a Muslim funeral—as if he had been an honorable opponent.
Bizarre.
Reaganite Republican:
Im reminded of how after we dispatched Osama bin Laden....we gave him a Muslim funeralas if he had been an honorable opponent.
If it was Osama, Obama gave him the highest honors
for murdering Americans.
Murdered American heroes in military hospitals
are not afforded a Bible even at their death
because of Obama.
Finished reading this book about a week ago. There is no mention of the pig incident at all. Pershing was a more winning hearts and minds type of counter insurgent, an early Petreaus type. The Moros would revolt, gather on a extinct volcano, and wait to be slaughtered by the US Army. They did not understand guerilla tactics. US officers felt the Plains Indians had a better understanding of warfare than the Moros.
He was a great General. And he had some great tragedies in his personal life.
http://www.westernfrontassociation.com/great-war-on-land/71-gen-ls/325-black-jack-pers.html
***and was a protracted, bloody war that pit carbines, pistols and cannons against knives and blunderbusses.***
Krags and underpowered .38 Colts against Juramentados.
This is why the .45 automatic pistol was developed.
Why is it the military has to learn some lessons all over the hard way?
****US officers felt the Plains Indians had a better understanding of warfare than the Moros.****
You don’t need to understand warfare when your prime motive is to become a martyr.
The juramentados was an early version of a suicide bomber. Interesting that the motivation for many juramentados was that they were losers in this world, so suicidal attacks on infidels would speed up their trip to the next world.
LLS
But he was the Commander of US Marines in WWI. One of the few times that has occurred.
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