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OT history buffs,state your case for most militarily successful elected leader

Posted on 7/28/14 at 8:09 pm
Posted by OWLFAN86
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Posted on 7/28/14 at 8:09 pm
At the end of any given war or conflict ?


So Hitler would not be on the list because he lost. Stalin would not make the list because he was not elected.
Posted by Henry Jones Jr
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Posted on 7/28/14 at 8:11 pm to
Alexander the Great

ETA: Wasn't technically "elected." He killed off anyone that could take the throne until he was the only option left.
This post was edited on 7/28/14 at 8:19 pm
Posted by OWLFAN86
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Posted on 7/28/14 at 8:12 pm to
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Alexander the Great
who voted for him ?
Posted by LT
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Posted on 7/28/14 at 8:12 pm to
Reagan after Grenada
Posted by runningTiger
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Posted on 7/28/14 at 8:12 pm to
obama?
Posted by OWLFAN86
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Posted on 7/28/14 at 8:13 pm to
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Reagan after Grenada
OK the "conflict" has to last at least 3 months
Posted by pwejr88
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Posted on 7/28/14 at 8:14 pm to
Washington
Posted by Kafka
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Posted on 7/28/14 at 8:14 pm to
Posted by goldenbadger08
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Posted on 7/28/14 at 8:15 pm to
Truman is off the list too because he hadn't been elected when WWII ended..
Posted by RATeamWannabe
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Posted on 7/28/14 at 8:15 pm to
Eisenhower
Posted by Tiger1242
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Posted on 7/28/14 at 8:15 pm to
Julius Caesar was technically elected...

Eta: but ah he didn't do that much after
This post was edited on 7/28/14 at 8:16 pm
Posted by Kafka
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Posted on 7/28/14 at 8:16 pm to
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Washington
Washington himself would've admitted he was not a great military strategist
Posted by AbitaFan08
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Posted on 7/28/14 at 8:16 pm to
Abraham Lincoln. Because he fought America with America and bested America.
























America.
Posted by runningTiger
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Posted on 7/28/14 at 8:17 pm to
buddy roemer
Posted by WeeWee
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Posted on 7/28/14 at 8:18 pm to
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OT history buffs,state your case for most militarily successful elected leader


FDR
Posted by pwejr88
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Posted on 7/28/14 at 8:20 pm to
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Washington himself would've admitted he was not a great military strategist


You can't "like a boss" it on the front of a boat across the Delaware River and not be a great military strategist.
Posted by Kafka
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Posted on 7/28/14 at 8:22 pm to
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You can't "like a boss" it on the front of a boat across the Delaware River and not be a great military strategist
washington = baw
Posted by fr33manator
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Posted on 7/28/14 at 8:22 pm to
Ghengis Khan.
Posted by pwejr88
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Posted by LSUAlum2001
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Posted on 7/28/14 at 8:24 pm to
The King of the North.
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