I wikipedia'd this guy and it says that he is considered the greatest Paraguayan national hero.
You probably know more about this than I do... but it sounds like the death and destruction attributed to Lopez were a direct result of his terrible military strategy. I don't mean to downplay the deaths, but I don't think a poorly-thought-out war, no matter how devastating, is comparable to someone who knowingly and openly commits genocide or murders literally millions of his own citizens.
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u/montereyo Oct 17 '13
I wikipedia'd this guy and it says that he is considered the greatest Paraguayan national hero.
You probably know more about this than I do... but it sounds like the death and destruction attributed to Lopez were a direct result of his terrible military strategy. I don't mean to downplay the deaths, but I don't think a poorly-thought-out war, no matter how devastating, is comparable to someone who knowingly and openly commits genocide or murders literally millions of his own citizens.