It's kinda funny how this is the only thread in this forum that's NOT archived...So is it dead completely?

"There's a big difference between dead and mostly dead."

Gotta love that quote...



But back on topic.

I nominate General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna.

He lost wars, then he lost Texas, then his dictatorship. Then, he got it back, somehow.

Then he lost not only Mexico's last vestiges of a claim on Texas (even down to the Rio Grande), but also nearly an additional third of his entire country, including Upper California (at the time).

He then lost his dictatorship AGAIN...

In total, I think he held it at about three different times, and at each occasion lost a major war because of his own mistakes, be it at the beginning, middle, or end...


All in all, I do believe that General Santa Anna was in fact one of the single worst generals in recorded history.