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IrishAyes

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7. That doesn't excuse a damned thing Lee did.

Reply to Uncle Joe (Reply #5)

Sat Oct 19, 2013, 10:02 PM

Oct 2013

He's lucky I wasn't in charge after Appomatox. I'd have hanged him from the yardarm for treason. That's all he was - a treasonous, self serving bastard.

At least his daughter had the sense to run off and marry a damnedYankee.

If Lee had done the right thing by accepting Lincoln's offer, it would've carried great weight with the rest of the South and doubtless would've shortened the war by years. All that unnecessarily shed blood is on his hands.

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As for Lee's Paradox, he was trapped in a Sophie's Choice dilemma Uncle Joe Oct 2013 #5

That doesn't excuse a damned thing Lee did. IrishAyes Oct 2013 #7

+1. And the article at the link saves me the trouble of making an OP. freshwest Oct 2013 #8

It wasn't an intent to excuse anything but to reflect the inherent stupidity of regionalism whether Uncle Joe Oct 2013 #9

You did seem to be offering Lee an easy way out from his perfidy. No choice? Little choice? IrishAyes Oct 2013 #10

I was just presenting Lee's reality now whether you choose to sympathize with that point of view Uncle Joe Oct 2013 #11

Lee never murdered anyone? Dragging them onto a battlefield in a totally unnecessary war IrishAyes Oct 2013 #12

Lee didn't drag anyone on to the battlefield, they were enthusiastic about fighting because Uncle Joe Oct 2013 #13

W/O secession, there wouldn't have been a war in the first place. IrishAyes Oct 2013 #14

Lee didn't support secession and he didn't turn Lincoln's offer down Uncle Joe Oct 2013 #15

Lee failed his duty to humanity and country. Doesn't really matter what Virginia did or didn't do IrishAyes Oct 2013 #16

I'm out for the evening as well. Uncle Joe Oct 2013 #17

Yeah. That's why they had the home guard coldmountain Oct 2013 #19

"Lee didn't drag anyone on to the battlefield..." thucythucy Oct 2013 #20

With Lee it was no myth his family was being torn apart, his decision was based on that dynamic. Uncle Joe Oct 2013 #23

Lee's plantation, Arlington, is still there struggle4progress Oct 2013 #18