Do you think this hero from my country made a heroic act or a stupid act?

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Alfonso Ugarte preferred to die rather than let our flag be captured by the enemy army, jumping with his horse down a steep hill...

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I have fought with the armies of 4+ different countries. I have always been a fan of "While you are willing to die for this plan, let's find the plan that makes the other guy die for it."

That said, my "exit plan" if a particular thing went south involved me naked on a gun truck surrounded by a burning ring of fire for obscurement and area denial. Why naked you ask? Because if it got to that I was f'ed anyway and body armor wouldn't have mattered, but MFs were gonna sing songs afterwards about how I went out.

Alfonso Ugarte is a national treasure to Peru and will be lifted up in the halls of heroes. Thank you for bringing is name to the conversation once again.