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In reply to the discussion: Trump: 'Robert E. Lee was a great general' [View all]Recursion
(56,582 posts)85. If I can add: the entire Eastern theater is overglamorized, overanalyzed, and overrated
The war was won (by Grant) in the Western theater. Americans completely misunderstand the civil war because books and movies focus on the relatively peripheral theater in the Mid-Atlantic which is only famous because it happened to be near both capitals.
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Cheeto Benito isn't trying to impress Ohioans who are proud of U.S. Grant
Cirque du So-What
Oct 2018
#15
Americans in general should be proud of Grant, who despite much malignity, was not only...
NNadir
Oct 2018
#81
I always admired Grant, but my admiration increased exponentially when I read 'Grant' by Ron Chernow
Aristus
Oct 2018
#90
I agree. I think that Grant simply had a low tolerance for alcohol, but in no way...
NNadir
Oct 2018
#94
when i visited manhattan. i think his tomb was the 1st thing i went to see.
pansypoo53219
Oct 2018
#113
You're probably referring to the Chernow book. There are several other major biographies that...
NNadir
Oct 2018
#136
I think that's the one. I'll be reading it as soon as I can get my hands on it.
The Velveteen Ocelot
Oct 2018
#137
Guess he's bucking for NRA President. They had Confederate loving Prez a few years ago from Alabama.
Hoyt
Oct 2018
#3
I grew up in the South and went to public school there. The myth of the benevolent Lee is just that:
Aristus
Oct 2018
#99
Sorry. Montgomery may have been over-cautious, but he never took up arms against his country
TomSlick
Oct 2018
#32
Excellent. This admiration of Lee was created during a previous rise of white supremacy.
yardwork
Oct 2018
#130
Thank God you republicans won that war... You really whipped those Southerners.
keithbvadu2
Oct 2018
#24
This is the guy having a love affair with Kim Jong Un (wonder how Melania feels about that?) !!
George II
Oct 2018
#35
People who argue Pickett's Charge was a mistake don't offer other options where Lee could have won
Kaleva
Oct 2018
#116
Yes, Lee was a good general but he did lose the war and if McClellan had followed Lee after .....
Botany
Oct 2018
#57
I wonder if Trump would change his mind if someone told him that Lee, having
Baitball Blogger
Oct 2018
#65
I'd like to point out, as a sidebar, that Rump went down to Floribama to campaign for pedo Moore,
Mc Mike
Oct 2018
#74
If I can add: the entire Eastern theater is overglamorized, overanalyzed, and overrated
Recursion
Oct 2018
#85
I love to hear what Newt Gingrich thinks of rump's remarks. He's written a book (maybe ...
SWBTATTReg
Oct 2018
#102
someone should edit some Fox News video & figure out how to feed it to his TV...
yurbud
Oct 2018
#105