- Aug 27, 2008
- 18,450
- 1,823
- 205
Listen, no political philosophical system is free of a Dark Side. The founding fathers realized this which is why they tried to create a system with checks and balances. However, they were fully aware that anything created by human hands will eventually fail. That is why some felt that the tree of liberty must be watered with blood of patriots from time to time.
Robert E. Lee was seduced by the Dark Side for a time, but he was a hero in Mexican-American War and a hero after the War Between the States by refusing to support a protracted guerrilla war. What he did the first Sunday home after the surrender is a story of courage and honor, and the story of true American hero.
Seduced by the darkside? If anybody was Emporer Palpatine it was Abraham Lincoln.