Best American General of All Time?

[Smitty-48]

He would have if they gave him free reign.

He generated a lot of casualties, the government was trying to keep the casualties down and rely on bombing.

Once you hand the reins to Patton, it's gonna get very bloody very fast.

The hope was that the Soviets would do the bleeding while America hung back some.

Without letting the Soviets overrun Europe completely.

So Patton was usefull for very specific operations, like the Bulge which was an emergency rescue mission.

But at the strategic level, the public was not happy about land war and the casualties it generated.

He was a master strategist though, he did things people said was impossible. Also, he lost men a lot of the times because he wasn't given the things he needed to keep his troops protected. He was pissed off about that, plus the bureaucracy of war when it was run by people who didn't know the front lines.

What was his brilliant strategy?

[The Conservative]

If General Tso was not real, then who invented the delicious Chinese menu item he is famous for??

Checkmate.

Probably Americans because we bastardize everything delicious.