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To: stormer

The paradox of Lee and a number of the other Confederate generals. Honorable, chivalrous, brave. And all in the service of what was ones of the most oppressive, evil governments in the Western world at the time.


15 posted on 09/24/2011 4:42:15 PM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard ("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
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To: Opinionated Blowhard

Hypocrisy and tyranny wasn’t exclusive to one side.


17 posted on 09/24/2011 4:45:45 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Rick Perry has more red flags than a May Day Parade)
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To: Opinionated Blowhard
And all in the service of what was ones of the most oppressive, evil governments in the Western world at the time.

That was true up until the point they swore allegiance to the Confederacy.

24 posted on 09/24/2011 4:58:03 PM PDT by central_va ( I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: Opinionated Blowhard

ones=once

blowhards should maybe learn to spell


25 posted on 09/24/2011 4:58:44 PM PDT by famousdayandyear
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To: Opinionated Blowhard

“And all in the service of what was ones of the most oppressive, evil governments in the Western world at the time.”

They represented the South, not the North. Lincoln was a tyrant.


51 posted on 09/24/2011 8:07:18 PM PDT by CodeToad (Islam needs to be banned in the US and treated as a criminal enterprise.)
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