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The following passage relates to the Battle of the Little Big Horn in 1876, but also applies to current events.
"We find no shame, we place no onus on a heroic band of defenders succumbing to overwhelming odds. As inheritors of the Western military tradition, Americans in particular have a hard time accepting the fact that they may be beaten in a fair fight. When Americans fail, justifications and excuses follow, and the notion that one can erase a conscience by portraying the defeated as a victim of some foul conspiracy has become even more pronounced in modern society. If we lost a battle, the deck must have been stacked against us. The enemy fought in some uncivilized manner, a mindless horde, with no regard for their own lives."
"Lakota Noon" by Gregory F. Michno, Mountain Press Publishing Company, 1997
"We find no shame, we place no onus on a heroic band of defenders succumbing to overwhelming odds. As inheritors of the Western military tradition, Americans in particular have a hard time accepting the fact that they may be beaten in a fair fight. When Americans fail, justifications and excuses follow, and the notion that one can erase a conscience by portraying the defeated as a victim of some foul conspiracy has become even more pronounced in modern society. If we lost a battle, the deck must have been stacked against us. The enemy fought in some uncivilized manner, a mindless horde, with no regard for their own lives."
"Lakota Noon" by Gregory F. Michno, Mountain Press Publishing Company, 1997