Talk:Azulon/@comment-1533301-20120322220259

As a military leader, Azulon seems to have been extremely efficient, gaining the maximum amout of strategic territory at minimal cost to his military. This ensures that his army can continue to win over the Earth Kingdom over the course of many years, and maintain their strength and effectiveness by taking the war one manageable step at a time. He was an economical leader who realistically knew that a lasting victory would take many years, and knew how to plan wisely for the long haul.

Contrast this to his son Ozai, who just wanted victory at all costs, who was willing to send whole legions of his troops to their deaths to achieve victory, who sunk who knows how much money and resources into a bunch of flashy wonder weapons. Hell, he even tried to destroy the valuable territory his country had spent a century to attain just to stamp out anyone who tried to resist him. He was obviosly more concerned about how history would remember him than the empire that he'd have to rebuild for the rest of his life.