Mexican view on general Santa Anna

No, in Mexico he is never depicted as a cruel person.

Instead he is depicted as a corrupt and incompetent general who lost half of Mexico.

It is unfair to depict him as an incompetent general since he was one of the most able generals of Mexico at the time. This is why he was called to duty every time that Mexico was threatened by a foreign invader.

He was also really good at getting into power. He was president of Mexico something like 11 times. Unfortunately he wasn't into governing; getting there was the thrill.

And he had an amazing sense to where the political winds and power was blowing. He was a champion of liberals during some periods and conservatives in others.

Yes, they blame him for the lost of Texas and the defeat in the Mexican-American war. I agree that he is mostly responsible for Texas; with the Mexican-American war, he is only partially responsible from my point of view.

In fact, most of his positive traits and successes are overshadowed by the negative view that Mexicans have for him.

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Originally posted by pinguin Just to add something anecdotical about Santa Anna. I read somewhere that he was the guy that make popular bubble gum.

The lost of Texas showed his incompetent.He tactics was not good.The attack of Alamo was a disaster, it weakened the strengh of his army, and enhanced the fighting spirit of America,and when he was captured by houston, he used Texas to exchange of his life.He was not in appor situation at first, or we can say ,his situation was good,USA did not helped the rebellious Lone star republic,this important, If I were him, I would surrounded Alamo in full alert, bot did not attack the fort,this might attract other American to resuce the fort, then i attacked the resuce,if there was no resuce, Alamo finally would fell.And I would not chase Houston with small army, they knew the place well, otherwise I ould set up a chain of forts to reduce their space of activity, and burning their village, ranch and town, arousing the Native  American and black slaves to fight against them

American had a  traditional value of democratic government, Santa Anna abolished the constitution created an excuse for American to revolt

Originally posted by tommy American had a  traditional value of democratic government, Santa Anna abolished the constitution created an excuse for American to revolt

Yes, "Americans" always make excusses to attack and invade countries in Latin America and the accross the world. 2 million vietnamesses also died because of the fight for "American freedom", you know.

Edited by pinguin - 16-Jun-2007 at 12:46

Yet, the U.S. still controls the American South West It wasn't a mistake in the long term. It was unjust, but not a mistake.