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Let_hereat_cake 1 point ago +1 / -0

A good general doesn't send his people in to be massacred.

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Itswarminmycoat 2 points ago +2 / -0

A good General doesn’t just send his men home either.

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Let_hereat_cake 1 point ago +1 / -0

A good General doesn’t just send his men home either.

Agreed. He tells them to retreat, when he knows they can't win at the time.

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Malelesbian92 1 point ago +1 / -0

General Robert E. Lee did just that. And so did General Patton. And many others. Cannon fodder is the term.

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Let_hereat_cake 1 point ago +1 / -0

They had trained soldiers. Not grannies waving flags, which is what the board that deleted his post suggested he do