[Bubba Ho-Tep]

Like a said a real student of history would not judge a desperate Lee in the final weeks of the war issuing an order that probably wasn't necessary or carried out.. But you do.

So by that token I guess we can't judge a desperate Hitler in the final weeks of the war, ordering POWs and concentration camp inmates onto death marches that weren't necessary either, right?

[central_va]

No, I wouldn’t compare anyone in the Confederacy to Hitler or a Nazi. I wouldn’t even compare Lincoln to Hitler. But you on the other hand worry me.