For those of you interested in Alexander the Great..

[biguth dickuth]

He certainly became a drunkard along the way and there is a good chance that his paranoia was, partly, due to the heavy drinking.
And sure, he was responsible for the total demise of certain resisting tribes along the borders of his empire.
And he did burn Persepolis to the ground in what he saw as revenge to the similar destruction of several greek cities by the Persians.

So, he wasn't a "good fella" after all. What a surprise!
He was a tyrant who seeked power and was corrupted by it. Ooh that's an even greater surprise!

Come on guys! This is like reinventing the wheel!
I can't remember of a single guy in history who was a military leader and a "good guy" at the same time. You have to be somewhat ruthless to be of some success in this...occupation.
Of course there have been military leaders who could show some mercy and kindness at some cases and others who couldn't (i think that Alexander falls into the first category) but all of them were responsible for killing people, lots of them usually.

PS: No irony or scorn is aimed to you personally Nerouin. I just wanted to make my point a little more striking as i think that most historical personalities, recent or old, are usually somewhat "idealised" and this is something i don't particularly like, especially when it has to do with military leaders.