Historical Belief of Some of My Fellow Students

I found it quite interesting a few weeks ago in my history class, when we were discussing Otto von Bismarck, that many students admired him.  I personally admire him, but I didn't think many other people did.  I was surprised to know that one liberal guy in my history class really thinks he's a cool guy, because Bismarck isn't exactly the diplomatic role model for liberals.  The girl who sits next to me, who is not very interested in history as far as I can tell, once commented to me that "Bismarck is really cool".  I find it wonderful that people are paying enough attention to actually form opinions about history instead of just memorizing it, and I'm absolutely thrilled that they like "Blood & Iron" Bismarck.

Edited by Genghis

I think they all don't know too much about him, otherwise they wouldn't think that he was cool...

Bismark is a total dipplomatic genious, unintentional effects of his action dont diminish from that.  I think perhaps Americans might admire him because he showes infinately more tact and intelligence than modern day American statesmen do.

 ...... I've seen that American-made movie about Hitlers rise, and Hindenburg was depicted as Democrat (!!!!)...it seems Americans have absolutely no clue of non-nazi asshole Germans...maybe their own politicians are too close to them, like Abe Lincoln for example...

Wow, this has gotten really off topic.  Has anyone else noticed anything like this?  I was incredibly surprised.