He admitted debauching a 12 year old Russian girl.
Well, that certainly negates every good or heroic thing he ever did.
Erase him from history.
Imperial Russia hired him when the American Congress ignored his work in the Revolution. He served with distinction as a Russian Admiral and was awarded the medal of St. Anne. What he was most proud of was the respect he won from the Cossack People he was in league with in the war on the Turks. Russia won the war. Putin should name a new frigate “Admiral John Paul Jones.”
“I regret that I have but one life to give for my country.”
“To the victor belongs the spoils.”
Add these two to the above quote and that’s what I got out of a $60,000 liberal arts degree 35 years ago.