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To protect and serve
On Sat, 19 Aug 2017 17:34:54 -0400, Keyser Soze
wrote: On 8/19/17 4:36 PM, Tim wrote: On Saturday, August 19, 2017 at 9:15:29 AM UTC-5, Keyser Soze wrote: On 8/19/17 10:06 AM, wrote: On Fri, 18 Aug 2017 15:04:46 -0400, Keyser Söze wrote: Many historians consider Truman in the top 10 of presidents. Many historians consider Robert E Lee a great general and an honorable man but you think he is just a traitor. I wouldn't dispute Lee's military prowess. An honorable man wouldn't have taken up arms against the United States. He didn't. He took up arms to answer the call of his beloved state of Virginia. "With all my devotion to the Union and the feeling of loyalty and duty of an American citizen, I have not been able to make up my mind to raise my hand against my relatives, my children, my home. I have therefore resigned my commission in the Army, and save in defense of my native State, with the sincere hope that my poor services may never be needed, I hope I may never be called on to draw my sword..." Lee I've seen the quote before...it's just another rationalization. An honorable soldier might have resigned a commission and stayed home. He wouldn't have quit one side to take up arms with the enemy. And what was he defending his native state from, the abolition of slavery? That's some honorable position. You miss the point that the State of Virginia was of more concern to him than a bunch of politicians in another state. This was a time when most people lived their whole lives within a 100 mile radius of where they were born and they more closely identified with their state than the federal government. Bear in mind the only federal office they actually voted on was their house members and there was very little the federal government controlled in their lives. The state government was the government. |
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