@stoolpresidente Is the decline of every empire just as dumb? Pax Americana was intentionally destroyed by people whose grievance is their mom made them go to bed and their teachers assigned them homework
@amanofthesoil@C_W_England Which would have been all moot if he had actually used his superior force in the Peninsula Campaign instead of being paranoid that Lee had nearly a quarter of a million men
@amanofthesoil@C_W_England He should have routed Lee completely at Antietam and won the war there. A full quarter of his army had not been committed but was too afraid of a 3000 or so soldier reinforcement from A.P. Hill late in the battle. The line of retreat was over very exposed terrain too