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To: allmendream
Doesn’t say much for West Point.

What's the motto? Duty, Honor, Country? Kinda tough for Lee to reconcile, wouldn't you say?

29 posted on 12/23/2008 8:07:20 AM PST by Tallguy ("The sh- t's chess, it ain't checkers!" -- Alonzo (Denzel Washington) in "Training Day")
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To: Tallguy

You guys are missing the point-—in the historical context of 1861, Lee did choose to fight for his country-—Virginia, a concept that is completely foreign to most people today.


33 posted on 12/23/2008 8:22:41 AM PST by Virginia Ridgerunner (Sarah Palin is a smart missile aimed at the heart of the left!)
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