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BKDem

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32. Nope. He can't handle the ramps at West Point.

Reply to LuvNewcastle (Reply #9)

Mon Sep 21, 2020, 12:03 PM

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WTF... Trump Says Confederate General Robert E. Lee 'Would Have Won Except for Gettysburg' [View all] steve2470 Sep 2020 OP

Napoleon would have won except for Waterloo. The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2020 #1

yes, very stupid comment, but... classic Trump steve2470 Sep 2020 #4

I picked Moscow for napoleon unblock Sep 2020 #17

This! a million times THIS. n/t MFGsunny Sep 2020 #19

+++ still_one Sep 2020 #30

Yamamoto would've won except for Midway liberaltrucker Sep 2020 #37

President Pennywise knows jack shit about the Civil War. He's just pumping on the myth. Eyeball_Kid Sep 2020 #2

Good historical points PJMcK Sep 2020 #23

And Lee as a super strategic genius is also a myth Johnny2X2X Sep 2020 #24

Czarist Russia aided the North as well, they were the only major 'European' power to do so Celerity Sep 2020 #34

The very next DAY after Gettysburg - Grant took Vicksburg. Grins Sep 2020 #38

Donald would have won the popular vote in 2016 BKDem Sep 2020 #3

George Washington would have won the Battle of Brooklyn Heights if it wasn't for the British. Aristus Sep 2020 #5

Actually it was Grant TEB Sep 2020 #6

And Hitler would've won if he hadn't halted his forces at Dunkirk when they... brush Sep 2020 #7

Hitler would have won if he had brokered peace with Russia Johnny2X2X Sep 2020 #27

True. That was another of Hitler's great mistakes, the first being the thought he knew... brush Sep 2020 #33

Trenchant historical analysis. Also, Napoleon would have won except for Moscow. unblock Sep 2020 #8

Oh, wow! Now he's a military historian. LuvNewcastle Sep 2020 #9

Nope. He can't handle the ramps at West Point. BKDem Sep 2020 #32

Yeah, there are a lot of Minnesotans that are proud of their state's civil war heritage. Salviati Sep 2020 #10

Wait, a traitor to the United States admires a guy who fought against BusyBeingBest Sep 2020 #11

And the MAGATs would have won in Dumbkirk Blue Owl Sep 2020 #12

General Jack D Ripper would have won the War of Jenkins' Ear... First Speaker Sep 2020 #13

I always thought siding with the enemy was treason malaise Sep 2020 #14

I would have won the Lottery is I only had picked the right numbers. marble falls Sep 2020 #15

Hey don't forget the Bowling Green Massacre! CTyankee Sep 2020 #16

Lee is rather overrated... Wounded Bear Sep 2020 #18

Now tell us about Stalingrad, Uncle Donald! greenjar_01 Sep 2020 #20

1st Minnesota Infantry Regiment Klaralven Sep 2020 #21

This an irrelevant topic to bring up. Zing Zing Zingbah Sep 2020 #22

agreed ! nt steve2470 Sep 2020 #26

"They're ripping down our history?" Botany Sep 2020 #25

Lee should have never gotten into the Gettysburg engagement, and one of his leading ... SWBTATTReg Sep 2020 #28

I would have won the lottery except for those bastards 12 and 39. dameatball Sep 2020 #29

I'm more worried that he has rallies every single day LeftInTX Sep 2020 #31

Hitler wannabe says what? cayugafalls Sep 2020 #35

The Titanic's first voyage would have gone great NewJeffCT Sep 2020 #36