He is known as "Vlad Tepes" in Romania. Tepes comes from the romanian verb "a teapa," which is to impale. He is seen there as barbaric, yes, but also heroic.
I may have that backwards. His name may have been the root of the Romanian word.
Barbaric, ruthless, bloodthirsty, and heroic, yep, that about sums up what we will need in a man for the future.