Lee not only had the wrong mission, he failed to carry it out. He didn't save America, he damned near destroyed it.

Lee is no different than Rommel.
Both were master tacticians and inspiring leaders.
Both were known as honorable, decent men.
Both were humane warriors.
Both were loved by their troops and admired and respected by their opponents.
Both were motivated by patriotism and loyalty to fight for the wrong side.

Rommel even was involved in the plot to assassinate Hitler.

But the Republicans just don't seem to get it, do they? As always, they miss the whole point. This isn't about whether or not these were good or bad men, its about the fact that they chose to fight for the wrong side. They only serve to underline the tragedy that evil only exists because honorable and decent men, for whatever reason, choose to support it. The Confederacy and the Third Reich both had one thing in common, they were ideas that felt that some humans beings were intrinsically inferior to others, and that those others therefore had the right, even the obligation, to rule and oppress them. That is just plain wrong and if you can't see that there is something very wrong with you.

This isn't about personality, its about ideology. Rommel may have been a nice guy, but he was still a NAZI. He joined the Party.