>Ok - well my point was that Belgium is not going to build statues and monuments to someone like Leon Degrelle because he was a traitor - ...like why on earth would anyone want to do that? ..which is why it's so strange (and stupid) that we would have statues and monuments to a traitor like Lee here. He is not some founding father or great American patriot - as matter of fact he's the exact opposite and represents the south's desire to keep slavery. He was the leader of the army for the other side! arrrg!

The other side didn't go away, you're still one country. Seems pretty self-balkanized (for proper balkanization you need the big powers messing with your local affairs), to rekindle the history every now and then, and then be amazed that it can burn.