RE: Basic intelligence in America.(rant)
July 31, 2012 at 12:36 pm
(This post was last modified: July 31, 2012 at 12:59 pm by Anomalocaris.)
Ahh, Calling Washington a brilliant military leader is setting the bar a bit low. His track record was more one of bumbling defeats than one of not too spectacular victories.
Strictly as a military leader, Jackson was probably substantially more formidable than Washington, although he was by no means a really great military leader on the caliber of Lee, Wellington, or Napoleon.
That sort of depend on whether you think the British would have regard themselves bound by the treaty after the war if they had an easy victory and took New Orlean and then had to give New Orlean back by terms of the treaty.
I think even if the British walked over Jackson and took New Orlean, Napoleon's escape from Alba would quickly put paid to any notion the British might have had about continuing the war, or renegotiating the treaty. So the treaty would probably be final irrespective of the outcome of the battle.
Strictly as a military leader, Jackson was probably substantially more formidable than Washington, although he was by no means a really great military leader on the caliber of Lee, Wellington, or Napoleon.
(July 31, 2012 at 12:24 pm)Shell B Wrote:(July 31, 2012 at 12:09 pm)A Theist Wrote: The Battle of New Orleans was still significant since it thwarted British hopes of stopping America's expansion westward beyond the Mississippi River.
No, it didn't. They were going to leave, anyway.
That sort of depend on whether you think the British would have regard themselves bound by the treaty after the war if they had an easy victory and took New Orlean and then had to give New Orlean back by terms of the treaty.
I think even if the British walked over Jackson and took New Orlean, Napoleon's escape from Alba would quickly put paid to any notion the British might have had about continuing the war, or renegotiating the treaty. So the treaty would probably be final irrespective of the outcome of the battle.
