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To: ManyMoose who wrote (365583)	5/24/2010 8:55:29 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) of 793958

Question: What do you think of my comparison between Obama and Custer? One of my friends (the only off line friend I can think of off hand who is more knowledgeable about military history than I am) thinks that Custer is greatly underrated. Yes Little Big Horn was a disaster, but his career to that point was at worst solid, maybe even exemplary. (Also I believe, but am not sure since its been years since I've talked to him about it, that he doesn't hit Custer quite as hard for Little Big Horn, as many others do. There is no reasonable way he avoids the hit totally, his orders lead to the disaster. OTOH there where other factors. And also many good commanders with solid histories of success wound up leading their side in to a disaster. Not that Custer will ever be considered a great military genius, or that I think he should be, but perhaps he wasn't quite as inept as many make him out to be.

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