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sixmillman · May 30, 2004, 04:31 pm

Here is the most bizarre conspiracy theory I have ever thought of. It goes something like this. :rolleyes:
General Lee, after years of rather successful move and defend tactics where he repeatedly inflicts heavy casualties on the Union by effectively using entrenched positions against massed troops charging across open ground, suddenly decides to send a huge portion of his army on a suicidal march uphill across about a mile and a half of open field with a damn fence in the middle. The cannons were killing his troops before they could emerge from the tree line. Was this a moment of insanity or was his decision based on more sinister motives. Were the French observers feeding him bad information concerning the Unions troop strength? Why did he disregard the advice of his most trusted General Longstreet? What did Pickett mean when he said “That old man had my troops murdered”? Was there more to General Lee’s statement “This ends here today”?

I don’t know but I thought about it while walking the battlefield at Gettysburg. I wondered what kind of men were these that could move out on orders to most certain death or wounds. What was it that they believed in so strongly? Almost 52,000 Americans killed each other in just 4 days of fighting at Gettysburg. Compare that to Vietnam where we lost that many men over 12 years. Compare that to Iraq.
Were all these men just deluded? 52,000 men, just in the wrong place at the wrong time?

Willie Sutton when asked why he robbed banks replied, “Because that is where the money is.” Could we be in Iraq for the same reason? Yes there are a lot of “innocent civilians” in Iraq, but there sure seems to be a lot of others that want to kill Americans. I’m sure they believe as strongly as the boys from Georgia at Gettysburg.

Now if we could just get these true believers to charge across a mile and a half of open desert with a fence in the middle we could “end this here today”

Compugasm · May 30, 2004, 05:26 pm

Naw, it be cheaper to invest locally, than globally. Thinking long term, it's better to pay down debt, than accrue more. There's plenty of things to build in Arizona if your looking for desert real estate. If your looking for oil, takes many years just to build one rig and drill wells. They'd have to start building 100's of them 3 years ago to have them ready in time to make it even worth it.

May 30, 2004, 04:31 pm	#1 (permalink) (top)
sixmillman Igneous Magma Posts: 304	Here is the most bizarre conspiracy theory I have ever thought of. It goes something like this. :rolleyes: General Lee, after years of rather successful move and defend tactics where he repeatedly inflicts heavy casualties on the Union by effectively using entrenched positions against massed troops charging across open ground, suddenly decides to send a huge portion of his army on a suicidal march uphill across about a mile and a half of open field with a damn fence in the middle. The cannons were killing his troops before they could emerge from the tree line. Was this a moment of insanity or was his decision based on more sinister motives. Were the French observers feeding him bad information concerning the Unions troop strength? Why did he disregard the advice of his most trusted General Longstreet? What did Pickett mean when he said “That old man had my troops murdered”? Was there more to General Lee’s statement “This ends here today”? I don’t know but I thought about it while walking the battlefield at Gettysburg. I wondered what kind of men were these that could move out on orders to most certain death or wounds. What was it that they believed in so strongly? Almost 52,000 Americans killed each other in just 4 days of fighting at Gettysburg. Compare that to Vietnam where we lost that many men over 12 years. Compare that to Iraq. Were all these men just deluded? 52,000 men, just in the wrong place at the wrong time? Willie Sutton when asked why he robbed banks replied, “Because that is where the money is.” Could we be in Iraq for the same reason? Yes there are a lot of “innocent civilians” in Iraq, but there sure seems to be a lot of others that want to kill Americans. I’m sure they believe as strongly as the boys from Georgia at Gettysburg. Now if we could just get these true believers to charge across a mile and a half of open desert with a fence in the middle we could “end this here today” <span style='color:red'>For several reasons: the first being a lack of coordination (just look at the decline of the FSP) Liberty Landing</span> "<span style='color:blue'>The reason we can't find a relationship between the Constitution and the government is that there is none."-- Michael Badnarik</span>

May 30, 2004, 05:26 pm	#2 (permalink) (top)
Compugasm Son of X51 Location: San Diego Posts: 3,419	Naw, it be cheaper to invest locally, than globally. Thinking long term, it's better to pay down debt, than accrue more. There's plenty of things to build in Arizona if your looking for desert real estate. If your looking for oil, takes many years just to build one rig and drill wells. They'd have to start building 100's of them 3 years ago to have them ready in time to make it even worth it. I'd like to thank Charlie Hodge, bringing me scarves and water.