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Rumsfeld Admires War Criminal
Lewis Regenstein
Posted on 05/27/2004 12:27:27 PM PDT by philosofy123
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To: philosofy123
If he wanted to admire a Civil War general, he should have used Lee, but unfortunately that wouldn't be PC for those masses who don't really know anything about Lee except that he was from the South. For example, Lee was publicly against slavery and didn't own slaves, as opposed to Grant and his wife, and started freeing the slaves of a whole plantation as soon as he inherited it. And as far as I know all of his armed conflicts were carried through with honor.
To: philosofy123
>>>
Ordering the expulsion on 24 hours notice of all Jews "as a class" from the territory under his control<<< But, but, I thought the left is accusing us of fighting this war for the Jews...Israel?
Oh, I got it - Rumsfeld is doing this to make up for his hero's (Grant) racist blunder.
Sometimes the Democrats get so convoluted I have trouble following their thought processes.
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posted on
05/27/2004 1:05:25 PM PDT
by
HardStarboard
( Wesley...gone. Hillary......not gone enough!)
To: antiRepublicrat
Lee was not fighting to defend slavery, true enough.
Thomas J. Jackson even taught slaves to read -- which was illegal throughout much of the South (though I admit I don't know if it was in Virginia).
The Civil War was full of oddities like that. I guess that's why so many of us like to argue about it.
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posted on
05/27/2004 1:08:02 PM PDT
by
Tallguy
(Surviving in PA....thats the "other PA"...Pennsylvania.)
To: Tallguy
Thomas J. Jackson even taught slaves to read -- which was illegal throughout much of the South (though I admit I don't know if it was in Virginia).It was, and Jackson didn't seem to care. He started a Sunday School for blacks, taught the same, and sent monetary contributions for its support during the war.
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posted on
05/27/2004 1:11:45 PM PDT
by
4CJ
(||) OUR sins put Him on that cross - HIS love for us kept Him there. (||)
To: philosofy123
Yosemite Sam missed the end of the War, too.
Let it go, Mr. R.
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posted on
05/27/2004 1:14:43 PM PDT
by
TonyInOhio
(Can we all get back to talking about Abu Ghraib, please?)
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To: philosofy123
the gentlemanly policies and behavior of the Confederate forces.My great-great uncle starved to death shortly after his liberation from Salisbury prison in North Carolina. But it was a gentlemanly starvation.
To: HenryLeeII
I was being facetious, but you're point is a good one. Heck, any movie made before 1964 doesn't pass the sniff testers either.
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posted on
05/27/2004 1:19:55 PM PDT
by
My2Cents
("Well....there you go again.")
To: philosofy123
Actually, Lee would be good. I read a book a few years ago, a joint biography of Grant and Lee. Pretty good on both accounts.
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posted on
05/27/2004 1:21:47 PM PDT
by
My2Cents
("Well....there you go again.")
To: Tallguy
It is fair to say pretty much ANY pow's from either side would have been quite happy to be in abu garib, from what I have read.
To: laconic
"A divided nation would have retained slavery south of the border and as Gen. Longstreet said in the movie Gettysburg, "the war is about slavery". "
Presumably you know that there was a LOT more going on in the causes of the civil war than just slavery.
To: WoofDog123
It is fair to say pretty much ANY pow's from either side would have been quite happy to be in abu garib, from what I have read.Everything about the Civil War was improvised: Armies, Medical Care, POW Camps, Rail Transport....you could go on & on. A lot of the apparent brutality stems from that fact.
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posted on
05/27/2004 1:26:46 PM PDT
by
Tallguy
(Surviving in PA....thats the "other PA"...Pennsylvania.)
To: philosofy123
Sincerely in need of therapy,
AN IDIOT
Atlanta, Georgia
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posted on
05/27/2004 1:28:39 PM PDT
by
ATOMIC_PUNK
(Let your opponent point to you the way to overcome him.)
To: philosofy123
Mr. Regenstein's favorite movie:
The South is gonna rise again...Yeeeeehaaaw!
To: philosofy123
Personally I think he should be emulating General Sherman. Sherman crushed the Southeast by burning his way from Chattanooga to Savannah, and went on to wipe out a substantial part of the Plains Indians.
Perhaps he wasn't the most politically correct general in the world, but he sure got the job done - no negotiation, no half-measures. al-Sadr should be messily dead, along with huge swathes of his followers, the Mosque of Ali should be a crater, and Najaf and Fallujah should be ruins.
Just in case you're wondering, I am Southron born and bred, and I live near Atlanta. I just know what sort of Generals I like turning loose on the my enemies.
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posted on
05/27/2004 1:32:00 PM PDT
by
Little Ray
(John Ffing sKerry: Just a gigolo!)
To: philosofy123
You are correct. Carl Rove reads from Prince Machiavelli? "Prince Machiavelli" was a brand of perfume
Niccolo Machiavelli was an author, student of government, and general policy wonk that wrote "The Prince" as a resume in an attempt to get a job working for Lorenzo Medici.
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posted on
05/27/2004 1:34:43 PM PDT
by
jscd3
To: philosofy123
So? Does that excuse that a self-avowed war criminal is now seeking election to the highest office in the land?
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posted on
05/27/2004 1:45:42 PM PDT
by
Christian4Bush
(I approve this message: character and integrity matter. Bush/Cheney for '04.)
To: jscd3
Machiavelli wanted to be a Prince. But nobody would hire him.
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posted on
05/27/2004 2:15:47 PM PDT
by
Restorer
To: philosofy123
Muslims admire a pedophile. I can't wait to see the editorial printed on that!
To: dyed_in_the_wool
Is every Leftist really this delusional?
This guy isn't a leftist, he's a Confederate apologist. His point is not to bash Rummy but to bash Grant.
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posted on
05/27/2004 2:30:22 PM PDT
by
drjimmy
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