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re: Heroes, Red Arrows, 'n Gimps. . .
Posted on 1/30/17 at 11:27 pm to Cobb Dawg
Posted on 1/30/17 at 11:27 pm to Cobb Dawg
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The original thesis stands. Washington was a hero to most Americans, certainly a villain, if not a terrorist, to the Crown.
Sorry, it fails. The Crown subsequently referred to Washington as "the greatest man in the world." The Crown's officers dubbed him a worthy opponent. Not exactly the mark of one deemed a villain.
As for your source: it's a generalized "fact sheet," and your pull quote is listed as an "American Advantage," it is not personalized to Washington himself, who, again, led the Continental Army. It was guys like Ethan Allen, Thomas Sumter, and Francis Marion who did the guerrilla fighting. And again, they didn't introduce it - that was the way war had been conducted in North America for quite a while.
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Posted on 1/31/17 at 7:19 am to FaCubeItches
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Sorry, it fails. The Crown subsequently referred to Washington as "the greatest man in the world." The Crown's officers dubbed him a worthy opponent. Not exactly the mark of one deemed a villain.
Subsequently. How subsequently? Says who? You've seen Trumbull's famous painting of all of the signers of The Declaration of Independence. Well that never happened. Signers had to sneak into town and sign seperately because, if caught by the British, they'd be hanged for treason. That was the climate during the war.
Washington is revered in the U.S. and is one of the greatest heroes to ever live. But if you think the Briitish, who were fighting him, thought him "the greatest man in the world", you're not very well educated on the subject.
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