[Hon]

The story seems marginally relevant someehow. Turns out you can be a "hero" and still a traitor.

[mondonico]

The story seems marginally relevant someehow. Turns out you can be a "hero" and still a traitor.

Amazing--I was thinking the same thing immediately before I saw this posted article.

[Ronaldus Magnus]

He was ambitious and extravagant, an egocentric man who craved power and the financial rewards that came with it. He was intrepid and ruthless, willing to risk his life "and the lives of others" to get what he wanted. Such men often are resented as much as they are admired, and so it was with Arnold.

Reminds me of Wesley Clark.

[Jaxter]

Let's see..fought heroically on one side and then turned traitor and changed sides. Hmmm...now who does that remind me of...? It's on the tip of my tongue...

[trek]

"Sir Henry Clinton!"

It had to be. I bet this tory scum had a wife too. Lady Hillary was probably responsible for procurring beef for the British occupation forces.

[curmudgeonII]

If you're going to have a meaningful discussion of Arnold, you need to have some mentiion of his pro-British wife, Peggy Shippen.
You also might want to mention what happened to Arnold in his later years [in London] where he was shunned by adherents of both sides.

[Verginius Rufus]

If Benedict Arnold had died after the victory at Saratoga, or any time before he tried to betray West Point, he would have gone down as one of the greatest heroes in American history...his name would be all over the map of the U.S. today. Instead, for some cash, he turned traitor and should always be remembered for that. (Of course, in the textbooks of the future, he will be ignored and the figures students will be taught to revile will all be Republican Presidents.) Even the British didn't respect him.

Henretta is a leftist college professor (University of Maryland)...he tries to make it sound like what Arnold did wasn't so unusual, but it was. There were other Patriots who became Loyalists, but they were (in many cases) honorable people who simply thought that declaring independence was going too far, not scoundrels like Arnold.

[MonroeDNA]

Bait for those who will not mention that name.

Ignore it.

[Jimmy Valentine]

An interesting anecdote is that at the end, alone in England and dying he asked that he be buried in his American General's uniform.

He knew what he had done, and too late regretted it.

Regards,