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To: Sen Jack S. Fogbound
How about MacArthur, Saladin and Tamerlane. Also Sargon.
89 posted on 11/14/2004 5:39:10 PM PST by Fatalis (John Kyl in 2008)
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To: Fatalis
"How about MacArthur, Saladin and Tamerlane. Also Sargon"

I can't agree with MacArthur. He had a fine staff and was able to use them with skill. As a general, he was very vain and hard to get along with. He also made speeches without approval from the White House, and making foreign policy. He was too egotisical to a fault and made a number of stragetic decisions. He was a good general but not a great one. Truman's comment after he fired MacArthur: "I fired God!"

Others I have forgotten:

Hannibal
General John Longstreet

168 posted on 11/14/2004 5:56:53 PM PST by Sen Jack S. Fogbound (Let there be a honest Congress!)
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