scott doesnt want to go to mexico. zachary taylor is on his way. cott says, "ill go down in september, " which was three, four months off. and polk calls in the secretary of war -- secretary marcy, and says, get him out of here and get him on the way. and scott writes a letter in which he says, i dont want to be shot at in the front by the mexicans and in the rear in washington, and polk at that point grounds him, takes his command away from him. finally, scott gets it back by proposing a plan in which we attack mexico across the gulf, and scotts attack comes across the gulf and he goes through to mexico city, while zachary taylor is going north, and at the same time general kearney is going to california to take california, and so it was really a three-pronged attack. polk despised zachary taylor and winfield scott. they did nothing but win battles, and against great odds, and every night in the diary he gets news of another great victory and says, "theyre both incompetent, theyre unqualified for command, " and it was purely partisan. >> you mentio