Texas Scorecard By Michael Quinn Sullivan October 2, 2020
While a strong leader—a ruler, a king, a dictator—might allow his subjects varying degrees of freedom, only a self-governing people can truly have liberty.
We’re all encouraged by the idea of being outnumbered, outgunned, or out-trained, yet still winning the day. The month of October gives us two great examples of this from the history of the fight for self-governance.
The first, of course, is the Battle of Gonzales on Oct. 2, 1835. The Mexican government told the people of Gonzales they were coming to take away the town’s cannon. The people had other ideas and stood resolute against the action.
They hoisted a flag over the town, declaring, “Come and Take It.†The people of Gonzales were determined to govern themselves, which meant maintaining their ability to protect themselves.
A short battle between the men of Gonzales against the better-trained Mexican soldiers ended with the people victorious—and keeping their cannon—while the defeated Mexicans beat a hasty retreat.
Fast forward one hundred and forty years, and 7,000 miles due east, to the Golan Heights, at the border of Israel and Syria. There you find the Valley of Tears, where a severely outnumbered Israeli force bested the Syrian army in what can only be described as a miraculous encounter during the outset of the Yom Kippur War in October 1973.
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