 Now, it works out, but there are many moments during the war when all might have been lost in the cause for independence. One of the earliest, of course, most infamous was New York City. The British had just given the Americans a solid thumping in Brooklyn, and Washington at first wants to defend Manhattan, and then when he realizes he can't really be defended with what he's got, he wants to burn it to the ground so the British can't have it. And Greene was really instrumental in convincing him, nah, that would be a mistake.