@mtracey@katz_morris Platner’s sin is not any of the allegations against him, but the fact he was likely to lose the election. Once that became apparent, everyone turned on him.
@spqr_sulla You can’t criticize a movie because its sequel was poorly written. Lucas couldn’t be bothered to explain the loss of faith in the force because he didn’t care.
@LCplLoPro Actually the pulling of the ammo and continuing on was a perfect allegory for Vietnam because that’s what the political leadership did to our troops, restricting their ability to fight the enemy with all resources. See for example McNamara and operation spring high.
@JunkScience The overland campaign nearly lost the war for the union, Sherman’s capture of atlanta won it. Until then Lincoln was losing the election and an independent south guaranteed.