Greatest General of All Time

[John Adams]

I'm going to have to agree with you. Not to mention this whole thread walks the fine line on "politics" in general, and a lot of people start with talking about those two and it gets heated and ugly very quickly. Just a reminder to keep it clean and polite folks and we'll leave this up for some excellent debates.


...And I chose Alexander the Great again because he was able to triumph with such little at his disposal.

I disagree with that last statement.

Alexander The Great had alot to work with.

He had the near total loyalty of the macedonian people (after he removed his chief competitors), he had the army that was created by Phillip the II (or atleast, redesigned by him). And he was facing a vastly inferior (in both training, and equipment, not in numbers) force throughout his entire campaign in Persia. Not to mention, many times, he chose the battle-ground to fight on (ground that favored his troops, more often then not).

And, in addition, he was smart. But I disagree with him having nothing to work with, that is a common misassumption (in my view).

~John