one traitor to another

[rae121452]

Trump lavishes praise on ‘genius’ Robert E Lee as his ...
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/...

11 hours ago · Robert E Lee was a “genius” who could have led America to victory in Afghanistan, Donald Trump has said, decrying the decision by Virginia to remove the …

 

[pecksniff]

Then why couldn't he lead the South to victory?

 

[rae121452]

Then why couldn't he lead the South to victory?

ah, well, there is that.

 

[pecksniff]

ah, well, there is that.

Well, the answer is obvious: The Confederacy was an agrarian power fighting a conventional war against an industrial power, and the Yanks in the field outnumbered the Rebs two to one. No military genius could overcome those disadvantages.
Amazing the war dragged on as long as it did, really. Of course, Afghanistan was a completely different military situation.