Rockin' Reeler - "Just because you have the skills necessary to successfully fight your enemies, doesn't mean you have the political skills to run your country. Mugabe is a good example of this. There maybe are exceptions, but I cannot think of any."

Well, I can. George Washington. Fidel Castro. Ho Chi Minh. Josip Broz Tito. Charles De Gaulle. Several different leaders of Israel. And there have no doubt been quite a few others, whether or not you agreed with their politics...they clearly did have the political skills to effectively run their respective countries after having defeated their enemies on the battlefield.

Nevertheless, I think your point is a good one, and I tend to agree with it in a broad sense. Yes, Garibaldi probably did do exactly the right thing, as you say.