tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-903369978904506414.post5530551948890559587..comments2024-02-18T23:27:55.993-06:00Comments on the Madness of the Combat Medic: Who is the Best American General?The Mad Medichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16227573604389667896noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-903369978904506414.post-29291059491149653292015-07-21T07:00:38.011-05:002015-07-21T07:00:38.011-05:00No eisenhower so the list is stupidNo eisenhower so the list is stupidAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-903369978904506414.post-23264365540371099232015-06-04T11:39:24.933-05:002015-06-04T11:39:24.933-05:00Great list and I pretty much agree with your order...Great list and I pretty much agree with your order of great commanders. It is hard to compare different times with advancing technology and there are political leaders and battlefield leaders, as you noted. Sherman was my favorite from the Civil War's north side. Lee was a brilliant battlefield commander with Storming Norman and Patton cut from the same cloth. As Patton once said, grab 'em by the nose and kick 'em in the ass.<br />To me Grant was too much of the Russian style meat grinder type. He was tenacious and willing to fight but showed little imagination or tactical ability.<br />For once someone left Ike off a list, Thank God! He was never a battlefield leader and was always a politician. You are dead on about Mac, great tactician but no foresight and too often caught with his pants down.Paulmtnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-903369978904506414.post-67566634840668580992013-10-08T02:22:20.682-05:002013-10-08T02:22:20.682-05:00I do think you forget the general during the Civil...I do think you forget the general during the Civil War who won the single greatest victory--having destroyed the army on the other side. I think he was the greatest general of the whole war. George Henry Thomas. Briannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-903369978904506414.post-76100355394524461212012-06-21T02:19:03.475-05:002012-06-21T02:19:03.475-05:00Also notice I said nothing of the Air Force, and N...Also notice I said nothing of the Air Force, and Navy either. Besides Marines are a very strange bunch. Their leadership tends to want to find the path of most resistance, and when they bite off more than they can chew, or are not ready for, they then tend to display their much vaunted courage. It doesn't help much that their roles in conflicts tend to be hyper inflated. Having said that, there are indeed Marines worthy of mention. Peter Pace for instance.The Mad Medichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16227573604389667896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-903369978904506414.post-91027402511690123462012-06-20T21:45:08.448-05:002012-06-20T21:45:08.448-05:00Great list but where are the Marine Generals like ...Great list but where are the Marine Generals like Gen. Holland Smith, Charles Krulak, or James Mattis?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com