Posted on 05/12/2010 11:50:16 AM PDT by Davy Buck
"General Robert E. Lee was, in my estimation, one of the supremely gifted men produced by our Nation. He believed unswervingly in the Constitutional validity of his cause which until 1865 was still an arguable question in America. . ."
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“He was a foe without hate; a friend without treachery; a soldier without cruelty; a victor without oppression, and a victim without murmuring. He was a public officer without vices; a private citizen without wrong; a neighbour without reproach; a Christian without hypocrisy, and a man without guile. He was a Caesar, without his ambition; Frederick, without his tyranny; Napoleon, without his selfishness, and Washington, without his reward.”
Robert E. Lee was a great man and should serve as example for all of us. Some will agree with this statement while others will disagree. That’s okay. It’s That’s way with humans. I admire Lee tremendously, have read most all that has been written by him and about him. And nothing can deter me from the belief that he lived an exemplary life.
Which is exactly the point Ike was making.
Geez. I am a Yankee (even though born in VA)and I respect and admire the memory of General Lee. By all accounts, he was all that he was made out to be, and more.
Eisenhower was a military man...I would fully understand that he, even being a Pennsylvanian, would admire and respect the man.
Traitor? No, just doing what he thought was right.
What irritated me more was seeing him played in “Gettysburg” by a Leftist dumbass like Martin Sheen.
THAT bothered me.
I know... I’ve read it before. :) Thank’s for posting it.
and they have a picture of Woodrow Wilson.
well that's it for me....I'm outta here.
The man helped to lead an armed revolution against the United States of America. Whatever his other qualities, I find that hard to respect. And yes I am a Southerner.
What bothered me was Martin Sheen was too small to be Lee and didn’t have a commanding presence on screen. Too small, too small...
As a military man, Dwight Eisenhower respected the abilities of other military men. He was a great admirer of both Lee and Grant.
Well, George Washington helped lead an armed rebellion against George III. How do you feel about Washington?
Personally, I too think there is much to be admired about Grant and Lee. BTW, how the heck are you?
An alternate view is that he led a crusade to rescue America from an overbearing Federal Government that had trampled states rights... and I’m a Yankee (literally).
Hanging in there, thanks. Yourself?
Yeah, Wilson doesn’t fit. I think the point was showing Lee as not just a “great Southerner”, but also a “great American.”
Actually, no. The South attempted to leave peacefully. They only defended their homes after they were invaded and attacked.
So you agree with the contention that losing at the ballot box is justification for armed rebellion?
So you agree with the contention that losing at the ballot box is justification for armed rebellion?
Ike’s image as avuncular and laid back is one that is refuted by his letters.
In many ways he was a conceited self promoter.
Never went to church before he got into the WH.
Appointed Earl Warren.
Polish Resettlement Act 1947 - wasn’t he also part of the betrayal of Poles who were sent back to the gulags?
At every chance, Eisenhower frustrated Patton from victory, Patton was victorious anyway.
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