Which military leader (not politician) impressed or impresses you the most?

Question

Please state which war, which country and why you were impressed.

Answer 1

Storming Norman! He went in accomplished the job. He was all set to get Saddam and they pulled him out. Had he been allowed to finish the job we wouldn't have been messing with Saddam now.

Answer 2

Yeah, Kucinich is okay. Mike Gravel looks tremendously darn good too! Ron Paul has some great things too say, yet I easily do no longer accept as true with him on each little thing. Dodd isn't undesirable the two. regrettably, none of those applicants are probably to win nominations. Granted, they seem to be a ways from appropriate, yet they seem to be a hell of so plenty greater effective than the favorites. yet, come election day, we will probable be caught figuring out between 2 idiots back...the corporate hobbies, lobbyists, and the mainstream media (as Peace 4 All stated some posts above) will ascertain of that. we will have options like Obama, Hillary, Romney, or that gutless, idiotic turd Giuliani. What'll ya have? A turd sandwich or a $hitburger? in simple terms yet another conventional election...

Answer 3

General JOHN ABIZAID !! Currently the Commander of US Central Command
But at the time he was just a lowly Major General and he was the Division Commander of the 1st Infantry Division (The Big Red One)

WHY ??? Because General Abizaid had a way of speaking to a soldier that made you feel important. That the US Army could not function without YOU doing your job !!!
As an MP (Military Police) you kinda get used to felling like the left out step-child. But everytime we had a platoon out to Graf Gen Abizaid was there to see how we were doing and was constantly talking to the soldiers.

I would follow General Abizaid to H E L L with a bucket of water if he asked me to !!!


No Mission To Difficult
No Sacrifice To Great

DUTY FIRST !!!!

Answer 4

it isn't possible to separate military leader from politician in today's world. George Bush, for example, is Commander in Chief of the US armed forces. Therefore, he is military leader and politician.
No military leaders have impressed me; they've all botched the job endlessly, creating one conflict after another non stop for more than 500 years (talking Western history here)
The only great leader in time of war that I can think of was Queen Elizabeth of England, wife to the King and mother to today's Queen Elizabeth. She made her country strong by defying the enemy and staying put and by setting an example of hard work and courage and humour in the face of danger and despair. The attitude of the British, in particular Londoners, had a great deal to do with their victory in the second world war and in that sense, the Queen Mum was a military leader.

Answer 5

General of the Army Douglas MacArthur, World War II and the Korean War, United States Army. In spite of the derisive nickname, which didn't stick, of Dugout Doug that was given to him by some of his troops after he was evacuated on President Roosevelt's orders from Corregidor to Australia by PT Boat in early 1942 and because he had visited the front at Bataan only once: He relied upon his knowledge of strategy and tactics, which was formidable and with which he was able to accomplish much, rather than on overwhelming force (which he didn't have available to him because of the early emphasis by the United States on the European Theatre in the allocation of resources) and in so doing expended the human lives under his command very sparingly, which endeared him to his men as much as General Omar N. Bradley, who was known as "the soldiers' general," was endeared to his men for similar reasons.

Answer 6

Robert E. Lee, as commander of the Army of Northern Virginia, in the South's war for independence and freedom from Federal aggression and despotism. His strategy was brilliant. Much of it is still used by America's modern military

Answer 7

Eisenhower, he listened to others and weighed their advice. Operation Overlord was a success, Operation Market Garden a failure but the point is that he listened to others and looked at all the options, which every modern military leader should do.

Answer 8

Norman Swartzkoff, desert storm, He did his job the way it`s supposed to be done, He would have taken the whole country of iraq down but the politicians got involved.

Answer 9

alexander the great, king of macedon. he became a military leader at an early age of 20 and expanded his empire to as far as india at the age of 33. his military prowess made him famous in the ancient world, a very great achievement for someone his age. he conquered egypt, assyria, babylon and the medo-persian empire, the ruling powers of the east at that time. history says that he was a military genius and i think its true. when he died, his generals weren't able to hold together the empire he built. that means that his leadership ability was far more advanced than anybody in that generation. maybe that's what happens when somebody as gifted as alexander gets excellent training from somebody as great as aristotle.

Answer 10

Alexander the great, Julius Caesar, Genghis Khan