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-Land of the Free
At 63, I Threw Away My Prized Portrait of Robert E. Lee
2018-10-26
[TheAtlantic] I was raised to venerate Lee the principled patriot—but I want no association with Lee the defender of slavery.
By Stanley A. McChrystal, retired United States Army general.
Posted by:Skidmark

#11  Signalling that he really, really, really is open to a SecDef position in a Democrat administration ... reluctantly, of course.
Posted by: magpie   2018-10-26 14:55  

#10  "I just threw away my portrait of Gen McChrystal"...said no one ever. What a virtue signaling little man. I hope he feels better.
Posted by: Ebbaviling Munster5971   2018-10-26 10:12  

#9  How does McChrystal feel about lead-from-behind POTUS Barack Hussein Obama?
Posted by: JohnQC   2018-10-26 09:58  

#8  Lee is an honored American for what he did after the war in helping reunite the nation. He encouraged his soldiers to stop fighting and to become Americans again.

Posted by: Penguin_of_the_Desert   2018-10-26 09:16  

#7  By Stanley A. McChrystal, retired United States Army general.

As told to Rolling Stone Mag?
Posted by: Frank G   2018-10-26 09:12  

#6  After all with feet of clay have been torn down, who will be left standing?
Posted by: Solomon White7514   2018-10-26 09:00  

#5  One man's opinion which I do not share.

While there are dozens of books on Lee, Michael Korda's 'Clouds of Glory, The Life and Legend of Robert E. Lee' is a fantastic biography.

One Korda reviewer wrote: ”His place in history is unique: a Caesar without his ambition; a Frederick without his tyranny; a Napoleon without his selfishness; and a Washington without his reward.”

Another one of those fascinating things about General Robert E. Lee is that the only insignia of rank he ever wore was the three stars of a Colonel. This was the final rank he achieved before resigning as an officer in the American Army.
Posted by: Besoeker   2018-10-26 03:37  

#4  What an ass
Posted by: Rex Mundi   2018-10-26 02:37  

#3  Hey Stanley - We don't want Robert E. Lee getting lonely under the bus where you've thrown him. Why don't you go ahead and throw Douglas MacArthur under there with him - for pedophilia with his 15 year old Filipina mistress, Elizabeth "Dimples" Cooper - http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kQD0wB_yK-Y/U65TsgPZhOI/AAAAAAAAJQc/hWCfdKx1AtY/s1600/4par.jpg
Posted by: Lone Ranger   2018-10-26 01:50  

#2  The democrat party is an un-moored pile of trash floating in the sea trying to find Morality and Virtue. Go Figure!
Posted by: newc   2018-10-26 01:31  

#1  Robert E Lee Is a Good Man. His fight was for his state. Most learned there was a war when there were troops marching into their towns.
He changed commission for his State as this is what the Constitution stated.

America was ill informed of the pending war, but at that time, it was on your doorstep before it was even preventable.

Thanks Democrats for trying to make another one. We are not biting.

But we will "Grab that ballot" anyway.

I have seen this movie before and you are the bad guy and Americans like the good guy.
Posted by: newc   2018-10-26 01:30  

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