[vooch]

there is nothing heroic about senseless slaughter

[Alberta's Child]

Yeah -- I never understood that kind of thinking. I watch a scene from a Civil War movie, and my first reaction is: "What definition of liberty and freedom includes marching across an open field into hostile fire just because some @sshole in Washington thinks it's a good idea?!"

[ReaganGeneration2]

These men were heroic. Their leaders, maybe the Generals, but certainly above them (yes, Lincoln), must have been either maniacal monsters or senselessly incompetent.