in article co3ckl$bcv$1@nnrp.gol.com, Brett Robson at deep_m_m@hotmail.com
wrote on 11/25/04 10:31 AM:

> 
> 
> Ernest Schaal wrote:
> 
>> The "Great War" was a case study of European generals wedded to tactics
>> outmoded by technology.
> 
> Bullshit.

Wow, how persuasive.

> 
>> The result was a bloodbath, a stalemate, and wasted
>> lives due to incompetence on both sides. Then, along came the American
>> troops, who saved the day. They saved the day by being fresh meat for the
>> slaughter caused by European incompetence.
>> 
> 
> More bullshit.

Your persuasive skills continue.
 
> I haven't got time to lecture you, read some real history, the
> early campaigns and especially the mobile warfar in Belgium and
> France, the early Russian successes, and the Battle of Tannenberg.

Apparently, you not only haven't the time to lecture me, you also don't have
the grasp of history?

While the first year saw rapid movement at the beginning, stalemate quickly
followed and the war of attrition began.