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it is said that despite all the horrible deeds Ar-P has done, this victory was always held by the Dúnedain in memory as something to be really proud of in their history, and to be proud of Ar-P, that means, consequently. (I am kind of comparing inside my mind - our history/ies are full of characters of kings and leaders like this; the first I now thought of, if I imagine let's say Stalin, it was probably something very similar, he was praised for what he did in turning back the Nazis and eventually beating them on the eastern front. One cannot deny him this, whatever his other deeds were like - of course, another thing are also the uncountable dead even in the war because of the way it was fought...)
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Another example, to me, of questionable admiration is the American for
Andrew Jackson, a rather unlikable, bullyish, duel-happy person,
whose chief military success (The Battle of New Orleans) was irrelevant to
the "tie" result of the War of 1812, and his anti-Native American action,
driving them from the South to the west was compounded by his ignoring
a Supreme Court decision against it.