2007-06-11 10:05:19 · 22 answers · asked by ... 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Trying to be like "Daddy" and invading Iraq.
2007-06-11 10:13:13 · answer #1 · answered by anakinjade1 2 · 9⤊ 0⤋
A few things immediately come to mind. Adam and Eve eating that apple. Emperor Nero burning his own city. Winston Churchill's World War I invasion of Turkey at Gallipoli. Hitler and Mussolini declaring war on the United States 4 days after Pearl Harbor. How about the release of thalidomide in the 1950s? Arguably also.. finding OJ Simpson not guilty and releasing Paris Hilton from jail early.
2007-06-11 17:21:15 · answer #2 · answered by Andy S 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A really good question and I have thought about it, but I guess we all our own worst decisions, not earth changing, but lifetime changing.
So many bad decisions in history, interested to know the answer
2007-06-11 17:25:31 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Here's a few I can think of.
Hitler violating his non-aggression pact with Russia, before finishing off Britain, thereby forcing Germany to fight on two fronts.
Hitler not leaning from Napoleon's mistake and trying to beat the Russian winter.
George Armstrong Custer drastically underestimating Lakota and Cheyenne warriors at the Battle of the Little Bighorn.
Titanic reducing the number of lifeboats on board to limit clutter on the top deck.
No one acting on U.S. intelligence agencies information prior to 911 that could have stopped the attack. Similarly, ignoring warnings about Japanese threats prior to Pearl Harbor.
Bishop Diego de Landa burning many thousands of Mayan codices.
2007-06-11 18:24:57 · answer #4 · answered by Rockin' Mel S 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think one of - there have been many - the worst decisions was when the English sold Joan of Arc back to the French who would later execute her by burning her.
2007-06-11 17:09:16 · answer #5 · answered by The HR Answer Guy 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hitler
a. Did not destroy the British at Dunkirk
b. Declared war on America
c. Attacked Russia though that was probably his main intention
2007-06-11 17:14:53 · answer #6 · answered by David R 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Neville Chamberlain slapping the hands of Hitler as Hitler gobbled up Europe. England and France could have stopped the Reich by having gotten involved earlier than they did.
2007-06-11 17:34:15 · answer #7 · answered by Mark S 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Depends on your point of view. If the Japanese had continued to attack the U.S. fleet after Pearl Harbor, or had gone ahead to attack the mainland, they probably would have destroyed us and won WWII. However, they drew back, and went home. That translates into a bad decision for Japan..
2007-06-11 17:09:58 · answer #8 · answered by MOM KNOWS EVERYTHING 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Religion
2007-06-11 19:23:51 · answer #9 · answered by Kevan M 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Appointing Alan Ball as city manager , the bloke who gave Bill Gates the code that he used to form windows.
2007-06-11 18:21:16 · answer #10 · answered by rand1812 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Slavery. importing (by force) black natives from their natural home to a land they did not know anything about. Still worse, depriving them of their freedom and use them as machines. This is a worse thing that ever happened to humanity.
2007-06-11 18:12:28 · answer #11 · answered by k_reggie 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋