the Romans built statues to Hannibal
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Rommel didn't explicitly participate in the Holocaust and he was mildly good at his job in North Africa. Also he tried to kill Hitler.
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Being on the losing side is not quite the same as being "a loser general."
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commonality the celebrated losers seem to share is that they win battles in a manpower sense but often at the cost of strategic objectives
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people seem to think Lee is good is because Union forces usually suffered greater casualties, as if war was about running out of guys
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Generals are the apotheosis of a certain concept of masculinity so some people want as many to worship as they can find.
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What the fresh hell, why was Geraldo praising Rommel yesterday? We fought a freakin' war against him. 1000s of Allies died in N Africa.
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You admire the tactical genius, you begin to admire the person, you begin to make excuses for him, used to do it myself, not proud of it
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Mythology was erected around them as men and as generals. Lost Cause nonsense. As military men, they were a mixed bag.
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