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To: TideGlider who wrote (774484)	3/12/2014 3:50:47 PM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (1) of 1572208

Everyone knows the story of the Alamo. It's been referenced in movies, books, TV and many other mediums Well, there is the story of the Alamo and then there is what actually happened. There is some overlap, but the two are very different. The men who fought and died in Texas were ordinary people who took up arms to defend a great country Case in point. Texas was not a country at the time. It was a Mexican state in rebellion. There had been growing tensions between Mexico City and Texas for a long time. The settlers just ignored a lot of the conditions that the government has set for immigration and settling in Texas. Like converting to Catholicism, speaking only Spanish and slavery. There were some spats over tariffs. Things finally came to a head when the government decided to disband the militias it had the settlers form for protection from Indians. Santa Anna was an idiot. Like all authoritarians, he felt that if he was brutal enough, the settlers would capitulate. The Alamo was one example of that. There was no military purpose with engaging it at all. It wasn't guarding a major corridor or choke point. It was basically in the middle of nowhere and had no military value at all. But he decided to take it and kill everyone who resisted. He lost a third of his army to do it. This doesn't count the causalities that resulted in his decision to march into Texas during the coldest part of the year with a bunch of new recruits from the southern part of Mexico with inadequate supply lines. “Remember The Alamo” was a constant battle cry at the Battle of San Jacinto No. The cry was "remember the Alamo, remember Goliad!". Goliad happened between the Alamo and San Jacinto. It was even more important than what happened at the Alamo. Look it up. Mexico had a decent, professional army at the time. Santa Anna was a terrible tactician and didn't really understand important aspects of the military. Amongst which is that using soldiers as butchers degrades their effectiveness. Esprit de corps depends on a very idealist view of their duties. Killing unarmed men, women and children dulls that. Which was a big help for Sam Houston and enabled him to eventually ambush Santa Anna at San Jacinto. The Mexican troops were just not alert like they should have been. Having said that, lumping the Canuck Cruz in with those early Texians is a smear. Canuck Cruz is a smarmy big mouth with a massive sense of entitlement. He is willing to throw anyone and everyone under the bus to further his own career. If he had been at the Alamo, which he wouldn't have been because he doesn't have the spine, he would have donned women's clothing and sneaked out when the Mexican Army allowed women and children to leave.

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