Theodore Roosevelt wrote:
Neither was it an accident that our three leaders [Washington, Lincoln, Grant] were men who, while they did not shrink from war, were nevertheless heartily men of peace. The man who will not fight to avert or undo wrong is but a poor creature; but, after all, he is less dangerous than the man who fights on the side of wrong. Again and again in a nation's history the time may, and indeed sometimes must, come when the nation's highest duty is war. But peace must be the normal condition, or the nation will come to a bloody doom.

Mike wrote:
I should have read the article. I now vote for Grant and Lee over any foreign military leader (in response to SJ John's post)

Pope Pourr II wrote:
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FYI - Hitler does not count, only battlefield commanders are allowed. You need to apply this to your own suggestions too.
"To qualify, each commander had to come from the 17th century onwards – the period covered by the museum's collection – and had to have led an army in the field against the British, thus excluding political enemies, like Adolf Hitler. "
Suggestion: Isaac Brock.

John Yurich USA wrote:
And just what is so ridiculous to believe that George Washington was looked upon with great admiration even by the British during the Revolutionary War?

Mike wrote:
I think I'd vote for Abe Lincoln and Jefferson Davis. More dead Americans than via Tojo and Hitler combined.

"To qualify, each commander had to come from the 17th century onwards – the period covered by the museum's collection – and had to have led an army in the field against the British, thus excluding political enemies, like Adolf Hitler. "

San Jose John wrote:
Interesting.
I wonder if there has been a poll taken of who people think America's worst ever foe was.
I would probably have to vote for Fidel Castro for his longevity even though Tojo's forces killed more of our fighting men than any other world leader I can think of.

Pope Pourr II wrote:
And, if JY reports that a pastor asserted something from a pulpit, no matter how ridiculous, who would ever dare question it.

John Yurich USA wrote:
I had a cassette tape from the late Presbyterian minister D. James Kennedy about George Washington in which Kennedy stated that there was nobody in the United Kingdom during the Revolutionary War that spoke out against Washington. Kennedy stated that everybody in the United Kingdom believed that Washington's character was the wonder of the world.

I wonder if there has been a poll taken of who people think America's worst ever foe was.

I would probably have to vote for Fidel Castro for his longevity even though Tojo's forces killed more of our fighting men than any other world leader I can think of.

Jim Lincoln wrote:
John Y., I'm sure there was some person of note in the British power structure that had a few nasty words for George. He was a traitor in their eyes. Of course there were quite a few freemasons in the British leadership--besides Anglicans, so they would have a certain amount of respect for him.
He was the best man for the job in leading the Colonial Army. He also was an excellent pick to be our first President besides. He should almost be considered a hero among the British, since he helped to get rid of those pesky colonies. Great Britain got all the financial benefits of file having to pay for their defense anymore.