Submitted by triviafrenzy t3_11c65tb in todayilearned
They were able to inflict such lopsided losses by attacking the camp in the middle of the night while everyone was asleep, which was against the generally accepted rules of war at the time.
Not exactly. They attacked in the middle of the afternoon while the Mexicans were taking a siesta.
If anything this is really a condemnation of naptime.
You can take my naps from my cold dead pillows.
You know what's also against the rules of war? Massacring POWs, which Santa Anna did twice at the Alamo and Goliad. Santa Anna was fighting a dirty war and it's on him that he posted no guards when going down for siesta.
Now do John Brown.
> You know what's also against the rules of war
The tear gas cops use on demonstrators exercising their constitutional rights.
I fail to see the relevance.
Also, this is a pet peeve of mine. Chemical irritants are banned in war because, before they were, people would make incredibly powerful irritants that would put people in the hospital for days (sulfur mustard). Tear gas is painful and nothing else, and would honestly probably be fine in war if it weren't for the risk of escalation. We've actually seen it recently in Ukraine being dropped from drones, first by Russia and now by Ukraine, and nobody's raising too much of a fuss about it.
In terms of crowd control, it has its uses. Just like every other tool the police have, it's not about the fact that they use it, it's the fact that they use it when they shouldn't. I say this as somebody who has been gassed while protesting.
Your "generally accepted rules of war" are just delusional fantasy. In any case, the Texans attacked at 4:30 in the afternoon. The reasons for the lopsided losses were the mistakes that Santa Anna made.
Pretty sure executing all the POW’s was against accepted rules of war at the time too. Mexican army fucked around and found out.
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