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james longstreet is a different man. james longstreet is probably the best act titian in the army.longstreet was much more careful in the expenditure of things. could longstreet at 101862 campaign? i don't think so. jackson knew the region, the second they what it took us they would push men and push meant, we hijack this and push men and we understood it. but when you wanted to defend a position for you wanted to launch counterattacks, you didn't give it to old jack. u.k. they told pete and that's very longstreet has excelled. i'm not going to talk much about fredericksburg. as one confederate soldier said he was the best data we ever had. it's a terrible, terrible day for the army. you think about it. his regiments and brigades after brigade is going to charge toward that stonewall. and it's so has the, so heavy that dead men are moving because the whole it's very striking them such frequency that are actually making their bodies move as more and more unit soldiers are going up that slope. it presented a place where the potomac proved the courage of itself in the front of stonewa
james longstreet is a different man. james longstreet is probably the best act titian in the army.longstreet was much more careful in the expenditure of things. could longstreet at 101862 campaign? i don't think so. jackson knew the region, the second they what it took us they would push men and push meant, we hijack this and push men and we understood it. but when you wanted to defend a position for you wanted to launch counterattacks, you didn't give it to old jack. u.k. they told pete and...
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james longstreet is a different man. james longstreet is probably the best act titian in the army.longstreet was much more careful in the expenditure of things. could longstreet at 101862 campaign? i don't think so. jackson knew the region, the second they what it took us they would push men and push meant, we hijack this and push men and we understood it. but when you wanted to defend a position for you wanted to launch counterattacks, you didn't give it to old jack. u.k. they told pete and that's very longstreet has excelled. i'm not going to talk much about fredericksburg. as one confederate soldier said he was the best data we ever had. it's a terrible, terrible day for the army. you think about it. his regiments and brigades after brigade is going to charge toward that stonewall. and it's so has the, so heavy that dead men are moving because the whole it's very striking them such frequency that are actually making their bodies move as more and more unit soldiers are going up that slope. it presented a place where the potomac proved the courage of itself in the front of stonewa
james longstreet is a different man. james longstreet is probably the best act titian in the army.longstreet was much more careful in the expenditure of things. could longstreet at 101862 campaign? i don't think so. jackson knew the region, the second they what it took us they would push men and push meant, we hijack this and push men and we understood it. but when you wanted to defend a position for you wanted to launch counterattacks, you didn't give it to old jack. u.k. they told pete and...
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james longstreet is a different man. james longstreet is probably the best act titian in the army.longstreet was much more careful in the expenditure of things. could longstreet at 101862 campaign? i don't think so. jackson knew the region, the second they what it took us they would push men and push meant, we hijack this and push men and we understood it. but when you wanted to defend a position for you wanted to launch counterattacks, you didn't give it to old jack. u.k. they told pete and that's very longstreet has excelled. i'm not going to talk much about fredericksburg. as one confederate soldier said he was the best data we ever had. it's a terrible, terrible day for the army. you think about it. his regiments and brigades after brigade is going to charge toward that stonewall. and it's so has the, so heavy that dead men are moving because the whole it's very striking them such frequency that are actually making their bodies move as more and more unit soldiers are going up that slope. it presented a place where the potomac proved the courage of itself in the front of stonewa
james longstreet is a different man. james longstreet is probably the best act titian in the army.longstreet was much more careful in the expenditure of things. could longstreet at 101862 campaign? i don't think so. jackson knew the region, the second they what it took us they would push men and push meant, we hijack this and push men and we understood it. but when you wanted to defend a position for you wanted to launch counterattacks, you didn't give it to old jack. u.k. they told pete and...
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longstreet looks at lee and said, general lee, you can't lead from behind. longstreet had right. you can't lead from behind and that's what this administration did with respect to this conflict. my own experience with the alliance, which spans three decades of work is that nato function best when the united states leads and when the united states is fully involved. and in my judgment and my judgment doesn't count but the judgement of others who do count, the administration broke this golden rule. our standing among our allies has fallen as a result. and allied confidence in the united states has been reduced. the second major and fundamental mistake which i believe the administration made refers to the use of our american combat forces. there are many in this room who have shared with me the burden of 10 long years of coalition warfare which we decried the caveats which allies placed on the use of -- >> we're leaving this for just a moment to bring you live coverage of the senate meeting today in a pro-forma session. the clerk: washington d.c., august 26, 2011. to the senate: und
longstreet looks at lee and said, general lee, you can't lead from behind. longstreet had right. you can't lead from behind and that's what this administration did with respect to this conflict. my own experience with the alliance, which spans three decades of work is that nato function best when the united states leads and when the united states is fully involved. and in my judgment and my judgment doesn't count but the judgement of others who do count, the administration broke this golden...