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Originally posted by Steve:
Hi Redcoat, My reference to army mobility was a comparison to say horse versus Jeep. If Grant and Lee could travel by horse to the front lines and still return to their HQ why cant a modern general do the same thing by jeep or other vehicle.
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Because from a military standpoint it would be a complete waste of time. thanks to modern communications it's easy for the commanding general to gain a good viewpoint of the whole battle while at headquarters, but if he's stuck at the front in the middle of a battle,where communication tends to be difficult. He won't have a clue about what's going on on other parts of the battlefield.
Going to the front line in the middle of a battle may be good
PR, but that's all it would be.