# The Alamo -- what were they thinking?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [April 7, 2021, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-alamo-what-were-they-thinking/939525 "2021-04-07T07:09:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2021, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-alamo-what-were-they-thinking/939525/8 "2021-04-07T14:54:30Z")

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I started a thread on this ten years ago except it was to ask why Santa Ana attacked.  
[https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-battle-of-the-alamo-why/566550](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-battle-of-the-alamo-why/566550)

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