I love how there was sometimes a British military attache accompanying the Confederate Army.
The Southerners would have loved to have Britain join them.
But after 1863 that was just not going to happen.
Their best chance of British intervention was in 1862, during the Trent Affair.
Reporter: There was a special forces soldier involved in the capture of Maduro who was arrested on suspicion of insider trading. Are you concerned that federal employees are betting on these reduction markets and potentially getting rich?
Trump: Well, I don't know about it. Was he betting that they would get him or wouldn't get him?
Reporter: It sounds like he was betting on his removal from office.
Trump: That’s like Pete Rose betting on his own team. If he bet against his team, that would be no good.
“This is a quiet collapse of thousands of lives. … People are losing jobs, health insurance, falling into debt, and facing homelessness.”
Yes, those people are Americans. We have been dealing with these exact issues due to outsourcing and visas for decades.
Now you know how Americans feel.
On this day in 1865, Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant.
Lee showed up dressed in his best, looking like a dignified gentleman. Grant was covered in mud after riding all morning.
Before anything was signed, the two men spoke about their shared service in the Mexican War -- a reminder that Confederates and Union soldiers were nonetheless countrymen tied by mystic chords of memory.
Grant did not create terms of surrender to humiliate the South. Grant and Lincoln understood that to unify the nation, you could not imprison half of it. Confederates were allowed to keep their sidearms and personal horses.
When Grant learned that Lee's men were quite literally starving after having not eaten for days, he ordered 25,000 rations sent to them immediately. Lee said this would have "a very happy effect" on his men.
When Lee rode away after signing terms of surrender, Union soldiers cheered. Grant forced them to stop, reminding Union soldiers that Confederates were "now our countrymen" and there would be no cheering over their downfall. (In fact, days later when actual ceremonial surrender occurred, Union Gen. Josh Chamberlain reportedly ordered his men to salute passing Confederates as a sign of respect)
Lee also worked diligently to stop Confederates from waging guerrilla warfare, encouraging them to set their arms aside and return home and in peace. He was a titan in his own right.
If the spirit of 1865 had been driven by the urge to shame and punish, the Union would not have lasted. So many people today misunderstand that and as such, they try to rewrite America history.
God Bless America.
“If I can fire one RPG into the air right before I'm shot 12 times, by definition you don't have air superiority.”
Think tank military analysts wonder why they're always mocked.
Chinese ZBD-04A IFV on a demonstration exercise accidentally discharges a smoke grenade into a mound full of observers, likely officers and politicians.