WI: Pershing's expedition captures or kills Pancho Villa?

Carl Schwamberger

Some level of martyr. How important depends on the circumstances. He did have powerful enimies, who could have spun his death as a benefit to Mexico. 'See Villia brought on the Yanquis. We persuaded them to depart after he died.'
 

Dathi THorfinnsson

Paul V McNutt said:
If he is killed by the invadeding Gringos he is more of a martyr.
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Carl Schwamberger said:
Some level of martyr. How important depends on the circumstances. He did have powerful enimies, who could have spun his death as a benefit to Mexico. 'See Villia brought on the Yanquis. We persuaded them to depart after he died.'
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Alternately, even his enemies could use his death (now that he's conveniently gone) as supporting THEIR version of anti-Yanqui messages.

A Charismatic figure, who's safely dead, can be of far more use than if he's alive sometimes.
 

Locke01

Suppose it is Lieutenant George Smith Patton, Jr. who kills Pancho Villa in a dramatic shootout. Maybe this incident earns George a Medal of Honor?
 
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