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President Eisenhower Defends A "Traitor?"
Old Virginia Blog ^ | 05/11/2010 | Richard Williams

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. . ."

(Excerpt) Read more at oldvirginiablog.blogspot.com ...


TOPICS: Education; History; Military/Veterans
KEYWORDS: confederacy; dixie; eisenhower; military; patriotism
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1 posted on 05/12/2010 11:50:16 AM PDT by Davy Buck
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To: Davy Buck

“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.”


2 posted on 05/12/2010 11:52:17 AM PDT by Eyes Unclouded ("The word bipartisan means some larger-than-usual deception is being carried out." -George Carlin)
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To: Davy Buck

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.


3 posted on 05/12/2010 11:54:14 AM PDT by carton253 (Ask me about Throw Away the Scabbard - a Civil War alternate history.)
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To: carton253

Which is exactly the point Ike was making.


4 posted on 05/12/2010 11:55:01 AM PDT by Davy Buck
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To: Davy Buck

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.


5 posted on 05/12/2010 11:55:40 AM PDT by rlmorel (We are traveling "The Road to Serfdom".)
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To: Davy Buck
It's still an arguable question. Proof: people are still arguing over it. Constitutional questions should be settled by reasoned arguments, not by sheer force.
6 posted on 05/12/2010 11:55:43 AM PDT by JoeFromSidney ( My new book, RESISTANCE TO TYRANNY, now available from Amazon.)
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To: Davy Buck

I know... I’ve read it before. :) Thank’s for posting it.


7 posted on 05/12/2010 11:57:31 AM PDT by carton253 (Ask me about Throw Away the Scabbard - a Civil War alternate history.)
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To: Davy Buck
Great Southerners, Great Americans???

and they have a picture of Woodrow Wilson.

well that's it for me....I'm outta here.

8 posted on 05/12/2010 11:57:45 AM PDT by Vaquero (BHO....'The Pretenda from Kenya')
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To: Davy Buck

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.


9 posted on 05/12/2010 11:58:22 AM PDT by DemonDeac
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To: rlmorel

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...


10 posted on 05/12/2010 11:58:33 AM PDT by carton253 (Ask me about Throw Away the Scabbard - a Civil War alternate history.)
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To: Davy Buck

As a military man, Dwight Eisenhower respected the abilities of other military men. He was a great admirer of both Lee and Grant.


11 posted on 05/12/2010 12:00:49 PM PDT by Non-Sequitur
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To: DemonDeac

Well, George Washington helped lead an armed rebellion against George III. How do you feel about Washington?


12 posted on 05/12/2010 12:02:45 PM PDT by Oberon (Big Brutha Be Watchin'.)
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To: Non-Sequitur

Personally, I too think there is much to be admired about Grant and Lee. BTW, how the heck are you?


13 posted on 05/12/2010 12:02:58 PM PDT by carton253 (Ask me about Throw Away the Scabbard - a Civil War alternate history.)
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To: DemonDeac

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).


14 posted on 05/12/2010 12:05:01 PM PDT by pgyanke (You have no "rights" that require an involuntary burden on another person. Period. - MrB)
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To: carton253

Hanging in there, thanks. Yourself?


15 posted on 05/12/2010 12:06:06 PM PDT by Non-Sequitur
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To: Vaquero

Yeah, Wilson doesn’t fit. I think the point was showing Lee as not just a “great Southerner”, but also a “great American.”


16 posted on 05/12/2010 12:06:22 PM PDT by Davy Buck
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To: DemonDeac

Actually, no. The South attempted to leave peacefully. They only defended their homes after they were invaded and attacked.


17 posted on 05/12/2010 12:07:41 PM PDT by Davy Buck
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To: pgyanke

So you agree with the contention that losing at the ballot box is justification for armed rebellion?


18 posted on 05/12/2010 12:07:49 PM PDT by MNJohnnie (The problem with Socialism is eventually you run our of other peoples money. Lady Thatcher)
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To: Davy Buck

So you agree with the contention that losing at the ballot box is justification for armed rebellion?


19 posted on 05/12/2010 12:08:23 PM PDT by MNJohnnie (The problem with Socialism is eventually you run our of other peoples money. Lady Thatcher)
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To: Davy Buck

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.


20 posted on 05/12/2010 12:08:26 PM PDT by eleni121 (For Jesus did not give us a timid spirit , but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline)
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