George Washington named Britan's Greatest Ever Foe

[Anomalocaris]

Right but that was driving us from America. If Washington had actually attempted to invade England like Napoleon then I'd agree. As it stands Napoleon was more of a threat.

Yes, more of a threat to England. A more fearsome opponent? Nah. George Washington was scary.

Especially when he takes out his false teeth and start to munch on his gums. That would daunt even Napoleon.

[Reforged]

Right but that was driving us from America. If Washington had actually attempted to invade England like Napoleon then I'd agree. As it stands Napoleon was more of a threat.

Yes, more of a threat to England. A more fearsome opponent? Nah. George Washington was scary.

Wouldn't the greater threat as a rule be a more fearsome opponent?

[Minimalist]

I suspect that most of the voters looked at the candidates they were allowed to choose from, had no idea who most of them were, and just picked the ones they'd heard of.

Sounds like the republicunt primary system.

[Shell B]

Wouldn't the greater threat as a rule be a more fearsome opponent?

Not really. Say I owned property and the tax man was threatening to take it away. I also have a crazy ass neighbor who can't take away my property, but dresses up like the little girl from The Exorcist and stares at me from her backyard every day. Tax man is bigger threat, neighbor is scarier.

[Reforged]

Wouldn't the greater threat as a rule be a more fearsome opponent?

Not really. Say I owned property and the tax man was threatening to take it away. I also have a crazy ass neighbor who can't take away my property, but dresses up like the little girl from The Exorcist and stares at me from her backyard every day. Tax man is bigger threat, neighbor is scarier.

So you're saying that we, The English, found a man claiming back his homeland using admittedly effective guerilla tactics more fearsome than a French nutcase conquering England, our homeland, with fuck off big cannons to blast us to hell and back.
I find that somewhat flawed and unrealistic.

[kılıç_mehmet]

He certainly lead a spearhead against Imperial tyranny, that much is true.

[5thHorseman]

He took a strong lead, but the contest was later featured in the Turkish media, leading to wave of support for Atatürk, who ended up winning with more than 3,000 votes – 40 per cent of those cast.

Obviously Mehmet had seen this article

[NoMoreFaith]

How can you argue?

He's got a pocketful of horses, fucks the shit out of bears, threw a knife into heaven and he killed with a stare. He made love like an eagle falling out of the sky, killed his sensei in a duel and he never said why.

George Washington

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[fuckass365]

American's have always been bad asses.

"Fuck you."

[downbeatplumb]

Yeah, Napoleon was pretty badass. However . . . George Washington cleaned your clocks miraculously twice.

Twas the Fench blockade that did for us Brits in the US.

If the French Navy hadnt defeated the British Navy at the battle of Chesapeake the brits would have been reinforced and re-supplied, a much harder prospect for washington to beat.

The British tried to surrender to the French before they surrendered to the yanks, the French politely pointing them towards Washington as a political gesture.

Ironically France bankrupted themselves funding Americas treacherous rebellion.

All for nothing.

As soon as the war was over the yanks traded with the brits, the financial ruin this caused France was one of the main reasons for the French the revolution.