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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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Posted on 1/31/17 at 6:04 pm to Cobb Dawg

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Says who?

King George III himself. You know...THE Crown. The very king Washington rebelled against.

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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.

Again, direct quote, from King George. So yes, they did. During the war, they thought him an honorable opponent. After the war, when he stepped aside from pretty much unlimited power, and again later, when he did it a second time following his presidency, the King was amazed.

Then there is how they reacted to the news of his death: "Washington’s death brought tributes even from the British who had fought him. Royal Navy battleships blockading Brest lowered their colours to half mast and The London Morning Chronicle opined that ‘The whole range of history does not present to our view a character upon which we can dwell with such entire and unmixed admiration’."

So, again, the Brits themselves are calling him the greatest.

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