Given the timing of the Punitive Expedition into Mexico, in context it might be viewed as an effort aimed at keeping US troops and logistics distracted at the southern border.randy wrote:I seriously doubt the Germans expected any sort of successful operations from the Mexican government. Probably the best they hoped for was stirring up enough trouble on our southern border to distract us and tie up troops and logistics support that could be sent to Europe.
World War I
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Netpackrat
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Trying to give us an Ireland.Netpackrat wrote:Given the timing of the Punitive Expedition into Mexico, in context it might be viewed as an effort aimed at keeping US troops and logistics distracted at the southern border.randy wrote:I seriously doubt the Germans expected any sort of successful operations from the Mexican government. Probably the best they hoped for was stirring up enough trouble on our southern border to distract us and tie up troops and logistics support that could be sent to Europe.
Maybe we're just jaded, but your villainy is not particularly impressive. -Ennesby
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If you know what you're doing, you're not learning anything. -Unknown
Sanity is the process by which you continually adjust your beliefs so they are predictively sound. -esr