Why attack the Alamo?

[MrPresident]

Originally posted by Yaype
Oh, I know what the effects of the battle of the Alamo were, but the fact of the matter is that Mexico still won. There are too many Texans who forget that fact.

I understand what you're saying. After all I am from a nation that celebrates the spectactular running away that was Dunkirk.

 

[Speedo]

The Alamo is just a fort right? There's a giant desert surrounding it and there are no cities contained within it. So, why did the Mexicans attack it? Couldn't they get to the heart of Texas by just walking around it?

The Mexicans were putting down a rebellion, and the Alamo practically had a massive sign out front that said "REBELLION!!!! RIGHT HERE!!!!"

Not to mention, that's just how military tactics of the time tended to work.

 

[Desmond Hawkins]

Who is this "Ozzy" that everyone keeps talking about.

 

[Speedo]

Ozzy Osbourne.

ozzy.com in the event you've never heard of him.

 

[Desmond Hawkins]

What does he have to do with the Alamo though?

 

[SuperBeaverInc.]

Didn't he get drunk and urinate on it or sometihng?

 

[Speedo]

Originally posted by Sobieski II
What does he have to do with the Alamo though?

Sometime in the early '80s he urinated on it, got arrested and was banned from Texas for life (IIRC).

 

[Desmond Hawkins]

What a jackass. But I guess he built a career on that.

 

[SuperBeaverInc.]

Was he seriously banned for life?

 

[Speedo]

Ok, I was somewhat off.

On Feb. 19, 1982, while visiting San Antonio,
Texas, Ozzy was again drunk after drinking a bottle of Courvoisier. Sharon
decided to lock his clothes in the hotel room so that Ozzy would not go
outside and cause trouble. To solve this problem, Ozzy dressed up in one of
Sharon's evening gowns. While taking some photos of himself in drag, he had
to urinate and did so on the historical Alamo building. The Alamo is the
1836 site of the legendary battle between the Texans and the Mexican army.

Ozzy was arrested and charged with defiling a national monument and banned
from playing in San Antonio any further. This would be another blow to his
image that would haunt him to this day. The ban was eventually lifted.

Assuming this site is accurate...

 

[Pontiuth Pilate]

Oh, I thought you meant the poster Ozz

 

[Desmond Hawkins]

That is what I thought

 

[Becka]

Originally posted by Yaype
@MrPresident: Oh, I know what the effects of the battle of the Alamo were, but the fact of the matter is that Mexico still won. There are too many Texans who forget that fact.

And Nazis tangoed in Paris for a while. The Allies may have won the war, but I think most of the French are forgetting the fact they let their country get occupied. See now how making a point just to make a point is pretty pointless?

 

[Desmond Hawkins]

I think I follow you Becka, but I am never quite sure these days

 

[Becka]

I walk in zig-zag lines for the explicit purpose of making it hard for people to follow me. IRS troubles you know. Guess I shouldn't have asked myself "What Would Willy Do?"

 

[TrailblazingScot]

Originally posted by MrPresident
You can't leave an enemy fort with access to your supply lines.

At the same time you can simply invest the fort and continue your advance with the main body of your forces if you are numerically superior.

 

[CurtSibling]

Originally posted by MrPresident

I understand what you're saying. After all I am from a nation that celebrates the spectactular running away that was Dunkirk.

And let's not even mention Norway or Greece!

 

[Desmond Hawkins]

I feel left out, Canada does not have a good deal of military defeats to celebrate

 

[MrPresident]

Originally posted by Sobieski II
I feel left out, Canada does not have a good deal of military defeats to celebrate

Not to worry. I have a map of Canada, a one-way ticket with British Airways, and rather pointy stick.

 

[Desmond Hawkins]

Well, as threatening as that sounds, and as gosh darn angry as I am with your invasion, proper manners and decorum require me to offer you a beer when you get here. But I am so gosh darn angry their will be a lot of head!