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By the way, who is complaining?
Thar did start to happen in late 1944. It was worse during the presidential election of 1864. McClellan was running as a defeatist candidate against Lincoln while thousands of union soldiers died due to inept leadership in a muddy hole during the siege of Parkesburg. The South was about to fold, but a surging candidate McClellan would have lead the Union to surrender. People just saw the terrible costs in their Ohio towns, not the hungry, barefoot, raggedy confederates. Sherman and Grant saved Lincoln and possibly the Union with their ruthless work in 64. They got the idea that we were winning to the American public. That saved Lincoln. Lincoln finished the damned war. In 1864 the whole outcome of the war came down to a gut check with the American public.Originally Posted by JonnyKnoxville
It isBy the way, who is complaining?
We can dig more deeply into history for the pathway forward. In the Peloponnesian war there is some great guidance, but ain't nobody got time for that here.
We need to be rallied. There are loud voices calling for us to quit. Speak truthfully. Acknowledge out weaknesses and failures. Then focus us on the reason to fight. Find someone who speaks the same language as the crews. Quitting is catastrophic, but it's easy. You need to out-sell easy.