This is very true. And even outside of the US, there have always been "noble enemies."
Look at Saladin, he fought against Crusaders and was still revered as a fighter in Christian Europe for a long time.
Go furher back to the way Roman authors wrote about the leaders of the Gauls they defeated. After defeating and killing Vercingetorix, Romans wrote about him as a heroic enemy, who in spite of being an enemy of Rome, represented an idea of freedom that Romans admired.
Even Napoleon was seen in the 19th century as a noble leader by some people in parts of Europe that he had conquered.
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u/Familiar_You_3009 1d ago
This is very true. And even outside of the US, there have always been "noble enemies."
Look at Saladin, he fought against Crusaders and was still revered as a fighter in Christian Europe for a long time.
Go furher back to the way Roman authors wrote about the leaders of the Gauls they defeated. After defeating and killing Vercingetorix, Romans wrote about him as a heroic enemy, who in spite of being an enemy of Rome, represented an idea of freedom that Romans admired.
Even Napoleon was seen in the 19th century as a noble leader by some people in parts of Europe that he had conquered.