I am absolutely in awe and wonderment when I look at the current performance of our president and I just can’t wrap my head around his behavior as our commander-in-chief. Truth be told, something really smells and I have a wacky theory.
But first, I borrowed the Way Back Machine from Mr. Peabody and we need to take a little trip back in time in order to see what is rotten in Obamaland. There is something that I really need to see. Lets go back in time now!
It’s January 17, 1781 and we are in South Carolina. The air is rift with the smell of gunpowder and powdered wigs. Yes, this is the Battle of the Cowpens.
Cowpens? Cowpens you say? You can’t be serious. Well I am as serious as a hamburger sitting on the head of a Vegan. I’m just that serious.
Since Texas and other National authorities have taken it upon themselves to rewrite American history on the fly, let me enlighten you. You might find this most interesting. At best, it’s a pretty cool story about the general resourcefulness of the American People.
To recap, Once upon a time there were two Generals. The American General was Nathaniel Greene who was personally appointed by George Washington himself. In the other corner weighing in at 100,000 stone for every bit of ego he possessed was General Lord Cornwallis.
Now, working for General Greene was Daniel Morgan who was sort of a tactical genius by his own right and working for General Cornwallis was Lord Tarleton. Daniel Morgan has been described by Historian John Buchanan as "the only general in the American Revolution, on either side, to produce a significant original tactical thought” He’s that good!
You might remember Tarleton as the sadistic, narcissistic general from the Mel Gibson movie, “The Patriot”. Actually, Tarleton served the British military with great distinction and was instrumental in the capture of Charles Lee. He was young but rising quickly in the British ranks. In other words, this was going to be the fight to end all fights. The dream teams were picked. All of these men were stars of their day.
I’m going to keep this short because that darn Mr. Peabody charges me by the word for the use of his Way Back Machine.
Tarleton, hands down, had a better-trained and more professional army. He had the British Legion that consisted of 250 Calvary and 200 Infantry. He had 50 of the 17th Light Dragoons, 24 Royal Artillery and two 3 pounder cannons, 177 of the Royal Fusiliers, 42 light infantry, 334 of Fraser’s Highlanders commanded b Major Arthur MacArthur, 31 of the Loyalist Prince of Wales American Regiment and a company of 50 Loyalist guides.
Daniel Morgan, on the other hand, had a battalion of continental soldiers commanded by Lt-Col John Howard and a whole bunch of Militiamen too numerous to name but take note in one key thing: Militia. The whole Militia thing is where the fun begins.
Militiamen were very well meaning but untrained fighters. Generally, they would face the front line and when the volleys began, most would scatter and run when confronted by the British. Again, well meaning, untrained and scared duck-less. Daniel Morgan was counting on the Militiamen’s unique ability to turn tail and run. He was relying on it to activate his strategy.
Now the terrain on which the battle was to take place consist of sloping hills that created blind spots. Morgan placed his men in three lines facing the British. The first two lines were American Militiamen and the third line was made up of the professional continental Army.
Morgan gave ONE order to the two lines of Militiamen. When the British approached the first line and came into firing range, the Militiamen were to fire two shots, drop all of their gear and turn and run and merge with the second line. The command manipulated the British into thinking that they were actually winning.
The second line was given the same order, fire two volleys then drop your gear and turn and run and merge with the continental line which they did. Again, the British took to the charge eager to route the defeated colonists and in their lust to win, the British ran straight into the Continental American Army who did not turn and run but instead manage to route the British.
The Americans fired on the British at no less then 30 yards and then fixed bayonets and charged bringing the British advance to a complete halt. The British lines began to falter and as the Americans moved forward, the British line collapsed and like the Militiamen, the British turned and ran. This was a sound victory for the Americans and represented a significant change in the direction of the Revolutionary War.
There is more to the strategy in this battle. The American ability to improvise mid battle for example but I will leave that for the experts. Mr. Peabody wants his Way Back machine returned and return it I must.
Which brings me to my point:
The Republican Party seems to be getting cocky lately. They are making an assumption that Obama is weak and can be pushed around. Seems to me that Obama is setting up lines of fire and that the Republicans in their overeager blindness to do nothing but defeat Obama are charging forward without examining the battle strategy. Think about it. Obama concedes, concedes and concedes. Then he does nothing but sit there and with that benign look of his and he lets the republicans for the most part have their way. Now lately, he has turned and is on the attack and he is attacking them soundly, turning back on them and he now has a better jobs package and he has portrayed the Republican Party as a bunch of hyenas who can only chew on the political leftovers of days gone by.
Believe me, Obama may not be the cowering, republican capitulating weak and indecisive man he has made himself to be. Watch out, Republicans! I think you may be dealing with a Swamp Fox.
I’m just sayin….
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