Perhaps others will see it differently, and this isn’t to
imply as lack of respect for Washington, but I’m not in
the camp that thinks he was a brilliant military leader.
Look, folks are welcome to correct me if they see it
differently.
My appreciation for him was his willingness to serve as
our first president, but his unwillingness to continue
as our leader.
He wasn’t enticed by power, and he did the best he could
with the revolutionary war in a climate that wasn’t all
that much in his favor.
I am revolted by people who simply look at him as a slave
owner and aren’t at all interested in learning about the
state of things in the day.
The fact that the Nation was formed, and we did begin the
process of becoming the nation we’ve became, is an amazing
story.
It became that nation in no small part for what Washington
did on behalf of the nation.
His farewell address warned against foreign alliances.
We have failed to heed; and we continue to pay dearly.
Washington impressed me because he was so very good at so many things