"He didn't put it clearly, but I knew what he meant. It's the difference between Eisenhower and Reagan."
And that makes it clearer?
I intended to mean that Washington wasn't in a major war while in the office as the US President.
Washington did some other things, like being the one in charge of American "rebels" fighting the Brits so as to achieve the American independence, so there could be such a thing as United States of America- before there was there was such a thing as an office of president of the United States. Be the first president. Set the precedent for all later presidents- basically, invented the office.
Etc.
Go to wiki, for gosh sakes:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington
And yes the other two Presidents [Lincoln & FDR] did win the major war they were involved in and lead as the Commander-in Chief.
And I didn't mean to suggest that any great president lost any major wars- though [all three] lost a fair number of major battles.
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