Like the "Lion of Panjshir" who do you think military leadership wise, truly embodies their country?

SGT Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 10 Sep 2015 15:42:45 -0400

Yesterday was the 14th anniversary of the killing of Ahmad Shah Massoud. Massoud was called the "Lion of Panjshir" and was instrumental in drawing out the Soviets from Afghanistan and from stopping the Taliban from taking over sooner than they did. Still to this day people in Afghanistan love Massoud and even his former enemies acknowledge the amazing leader and strategist that he was.

Who do you think embodies those qualities, past or present, and has the love of a whole country behind them?

Response by SCPO David Lockwood made Sep 10 at 2015 3:43 PM

SCPO David Lockwood — Thu, 10 Sep 2015 15:43:43 -0400

Patton!

Response by PO3 Steven Sherrill made Sep 10 at 2015 3:48 PM

PO3 Steven Sherrill — Thu, 10 Sep 2015 15:48:01 -0400

Patton, Rommel, De Gaulle

Response by MAJ Ken Landgren made Sep 10 at 2015 3:54 PM

MAJ Ken Landgren — Thu, 10 Sep 2015 15:54:09 -0400

I would pick George Washington. He was fighting the apex world power. He had to raise an army despite the hardships of sporadic pay, expiring enlistment contracts, fall harvests, poor equipment and uniforms, and generals who had no confidence in winning the war. Washington willed the Army to victory.

Response by SPC David S. made Sep 10 at 2015 4:03 PM

SPC David S. — Thu, 10 Sep 2015 16:03:32 -0400

I can think of a couple but Alexander The Great sticks out.

Response by CW3 Kevin Storm made Sep 10 at 2015 4:16 PM

CW3 Kevin Storm — Thu, 10 Sep 2015 16:16:28 -0400

Julius Caesar and his Gaul campaigns. Talk about guy outnumbered on the battlefield, had to deal with the politics on the home front, and still conquered Gaul against incredible odds.

Response by CW3 Kevin Storm made Sep 10 at 2015 4:20 PM

CW3 Kevin Storm — Thu, 10 Sep 2015 16:20:13 -0400

Two other American Generals I would give honorable mention to, if for no other reason, they did not create international incidents, dealt with dozens of ego's from their allies: General's Eisenhower and Schwarzkopf. The magnitude of the Normandy Invasion, and Operation Desert Storm were no small feats.

Response by LCDR Private RallyPoint Member made Sep 10 at 2015 5:14 PM

LCDR Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 10 Sep 2015 17:14:24 -0400

Grant-Not only was he a "pragmatic" strategist and leader, he was also "American" in the sense that he had little to no aristocratic bearing...fought addiction his whole life...went broke...got back into service largely through bluff...and while he showed no compulsion in breaking the South, throughout his career, from Mexico to the Indian Wars, he expressed revulsion at the apparent "hypocrisy" of federalism and Manifest Destiny. Would've loved to see a fictional "alternate history" where he and Longstreet served together without a Civil War....who knows what would've happened with those two on the same side.

Response by COL Jon Thompson made Sep 10 at 2015 7:48 PM

COL Jon Thompson — Thu, 10 Sep 2015 19:48:38 -0400

George Washington. Without him, we would be celebrating that our Queen Elizabeth just became the longest reigning monarch in our British history.

Response by SSG Gerhard S. made Sep 10 at 2015 9:53 PM

SSG Gerhard S. — Thu, 10 Sep 2015 21:53:33 -0400

I recall teaching an article about this man.. He warned that terrible things were about to happen, and that we will know they are coming because he will have been assassinated.

If I recall, Bin Laden had him taken out with a bomb in a TV Camera.