Allen76 said:
Santa Anna must have been a heckuva politician though.
He cut a deal to go free if he ordered the Mexican army out of the Texas area. (or something like that).
He also was the leader of Mexico eleven different times as he gained and lost control over and over again.
He died in Mexico City at 82 years old, and a very poor person.
Santa Anna is a fascinating figure for sure. Only a few works in English on him. Its very hard to characterize him --- if its possible to imagine a grifter that also somehow acquired a genuine ambition for his country, while never losing the grifter, and throw in a bit of Don Corleone, but a strong sense of self-preservation first, a bit of Baltar (Battlestar) or Dr. Smith for those that can relate, and you sort of have him. Maybe a dash of Marcos of the Philippines too.
A comparison if I think about it might very well be Mussolini. However, even though this will sound strange, I think he might have been a more despotic or meaner man than Mussolini. But he is probably the closest modern example mid-age might relate to.
FrioAg 00:
Leftist Democrats "have completely overplayed the Racism accusation. Honestly my first reaction when I hear it today is to assume bad intentions by the accuser, not the accused."