Realistically speaking was there anything he couldve done?>defeated army>constant rebelions>technologically superior enemyThe fact he managed to turn the mexican Mexican-American War into a guerrilla war is already astounding Can we really blame him for giving no fucks afterwards
He could have won the war at the battle of padierna, but because of his pride he didnt attack.(he also was about to won the war at the battle of Buenavista, but he had to retire because of a rebellion in Mexico City).https://youtu.be/3AH8_QBXyyE?si=jeyWGbZyraWbKPhFThis video explains it fully, its done by a mexican historian and its in spanish, but you can activate the English subtitles.
>>18108101No. He was a massive retard but America was always going to take that land anyway. We were even trying to sell parts of California to Britain. It's for the best that the yanquis own it desu.t. mexicANO
>>18108101He already lost before the war started because Mexico didn't have the political unity to fully mobilize the population into a war of national resistance against the enemy.In 1946, Mexico had been in a Russian roulette of Liberal and Conservative goverments couping each other for the last two decades, while the various state goverments were flirting with independence. So when the Mexican-American war happened, many of these state governors refused to send troops to support the central goverment.
>>18108230*1846
What is the deal with Santa Anna?I hear that he is either>based mexican napoleon, incredibly talented, held back by mexico's retarded politics/lack of access to resourcesor>retard, corrupt, responsible for most of mexico's problems, irredeemably shitWhat was his actual deal?
>>18109578>held back by mexico's retarded politicsthis would be an incredibly retarded thing to say as he's responsible for almost all of the political nonsense gong-on in Mexico at the time.
>>18109857safe to say then that most of hist current image reformers are probably babybrained tards then
>>18108101Technology is irrelevant in war retard
>>18109578Can it be both?He was a corrupt retard responsible for many of his own problems. On the other hand someone with those qualities doesn't stay in national politics for two+ decades without having something in their favour (like being a good tactician in his case). And not all of his political problems were self inflicted, some of it would have probably happened anyway.
>>18109578Santa Anna was massively narcissistic considering his "Napoleon of the West" moniker was self-given.In reality, he was an above-average military commander who let easy victories slip from his grasp for little reason than ego.The Texan Revolution was on the brink of collapse until Santa Anna's overextension led to his capture and surrender.
>>18109906Is it really a latin American country if defeat is not repeatedl snatched from the jaws of victory in reality-defying ways?
>>18109906Wasn't Bolivar more of a Napoleon of the new world than him?
>>18109919Latin America never really produced a general of Napoleon's level.
