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Default Statesman or Traitor? A good read

On Fri, 18 Aug 2017 12:50:52 -0400, Keyser Soze
wrote:

On 8/18/17 12:46 PM, wrote:
On Fri, 18 Aug 2017 06:58:10 -0400, Keyser Soze
wrote:


Lee was a traitor to the United States and the Constitution.


He was not a citizen of the Unites States at the time. He was in the
CSA who had separated from the US, just like Jefferson and Washington
separated from the king.



hahahahahahahhahahahah...you're quite the pistol. "Just like..."


The only real difference is that the Americans (with a lot of help
from the French) won and the CSA lost.
They both involved preserving slavery, taxes and trade considerations.